Exclusive: Labour MP Jess Asato has been drafted in to lead a major overhaul of the NHS’ response to violence against women and girls - just days after Refuge branded the chancellor’s Budget a ‘profound disappointment’ to survivors

Two accidentally released prisoners remain at large, the justice secretary confirms

Judge-only trials could replace juries for less serious crimes as David Lammy unveils ‘bold’ plans for a Canada-inspired justice system

Nearly 4 million children are believed to be affected by economic abuse in UK homes

Mark Rowley had also sent the girl a TikTok video of himself pouting and licking his lips

Joy Jarvis has been hit with a £90,000 court bill

Watchdog found that product may contain peanuts, making it a ‘possible health risk’ for allergy sufferers

Children could be among those subject to the searches

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The teenager was hit by a car after exiting the emergency vehicle on the M5 in North Somerset

Dhaka court finds Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt – the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina – to help her mother acquire a piece of land in suburbs of Bangladeshi capital

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Soybean oil is commonly found in processed foods and has been linked to obesity

Defra officials say standards could be tightened for new stoves to lower emissions

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Lorraine Kelly is lending her support to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign as she urges people to donate to help fund a lifeline for missing children in crisis

Excess weight, especially around the waist, leads to fatty material building up in the arteries and major organs

The prime minister used his Mansion House speech to defend a ‘thawing’ of relations with Beijing – potentially laying the groundwork for a controversial new super embassy to be given approval

New polling suggests 11 per cent will eat dinner alone on December 25

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has lost his royal titles following controversy over his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

A damning report into last week’s Budget leak said the error was the worst failure in the OBR’s 15-year history

Another girl is serious injured after the crash near Tadcaster Grammar School on Monday afternoon

Keir Starmer forced to publicly defend chancellor over accusations she lied about country’s finances – as Labour MPs voice discontent

The British Medical Association said the action will take place from 17 to 22 December

Lib Dem MP Mike Martin says situation is ‘utter disgrace’

A process of providing case file material to the Crown Prosecution Service is ongoing

Anecdotal evidence of chatbots inspiring delusional behaviour prompts renewed calls for safeguarding

US will pay zero import duty on UK-made drugs, while NHS spending will increase

The prime minister’s claim that he always wanted to scrap the two-child benefit cap will cast doubt on his attempt to reassure voters – and his own cabinet colleagues – that he and the chancellor told the truth about tax rises, writes political...

Children who haven’t yet learned to read are ‘being fed content and algorithms designed to hook adults’

A smaller replacement yurt left guests so ‘crammed together’ that wait staff could not serve them

Jonathan Gullis insisted there was “not a cat’s chance in hell” of him joining Reform UK, in a newly resurfaced clip following his defection to Nigel Farage’s party.

Funding cuts risk sending progress back decades, Lord Smith tells a gathering of campaigners organised by The Independent – but there is still hope of ending the pandemic by 2030 if investment is made in new drugs

The King and Queen will this week host German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife

The agency staff were initially brought in to maintain services during the strike

An officer screamed after pulling back a shower curtain whilst searching through a London basement.

One says he believes the Conservative Party has ‘lost touch with the people it was meant to serve’

Labour chancellor under pressure to do more to improve the prospects for economic growth

The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings as the UK is set for a soggy start to the week

Oliver Steadman is charged with blackmailing then-senior MP William Wragg

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer defends Rachel Reeves after she has come under heavy criticism following last week’s Budget.

The latest survey of adult mental health and wellbeing suggests drug use is changing in England

Anthony Williams is also charged with a spate of knife attacks in Peterborough

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget

A new tax of 3p per mile is coming for EVs which will narrow the gap to petrol cars in running costs

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"Rage bait" has been declared Oxford Word of the Year 2025.

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