Theresa May
-
Sophie Raworth brings running and reading together at Harrogate Literature Festival
BBC journalist Sophie Raworth joined a rainy Harrogate 5k after discussing her memoir at a literary lunch
-
.jpeg?trim=0,0,1291,0&crop=&width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75)
Broadcaster Sophie Raworth coming to Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
“Harrogate International Festival has always had a slightly rebellious streak when it comes to where and how we present great art”
-
The disputed story of the 'creepy' undercover police officer
Andrew Coles denies claims he deceived a young woman into sex while infiltrating an activist group.
-
Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair
Andrew Neil asks if the new tenant of No 10 is the latest in a series of leaders unqualified for the role – but he could be the longest-serving prime minister since Tony Blair, writes John Rentoul
-
The Independent: 40 years in 40 front pages
As The Independent celebrates its 40th anniversary, we take a look back at four decades of free thinking front pages
-
Household names coming to Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival with hot topic
A Harrogate event will bring big names to discuss the changing face of British politics and how it shapes our lives
-
Why the Prime Minister wants to talk about Brexit again
For the first time since the UK left the EU, we have a prime minister who will "unflinchingly" debate Brexit, says the BBC's political editor Chris Mason.
-
Social media companies need to be held accountable, regulators must not be emasculated - David Behrens
No wonder there’s a backlog in the courts system, when people endowed with privilege but not principle think they can commandeer it for their own convenience – as if judges were slot machines that can be made to pay out with a pull of the handle.
-
Why Donald Trump in not as pro-British as Nigel Farage suggests - Helen Ryan
Ahead of the anticipated meeting of Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Donald Trump, MP and leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage was eager to weigh in. He spoke out with advice for Burnham, stating, “It's very, very simple. We have an American president who, whilst his country may have some some different interests to ours, he is himself instinctively very pro-British. That's a head start."
-
Brexit to take centre stage in battle for London
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary Sir James Cleverly toldThe Independent’s political editor David Maddox why he is happy to make rejoining the EU an election issue in the London mayoral race
-
Nigel Farage says he would offer fracking 'referendum' to affected communities
Nigel Farage plans to give local communities a vote on whether fracking happens in their areas as Reform seeks to introduce the controversial gas drilling process across the North.
-
Polling guru John Curtice favourite to lead PM’s first-past-the-post voting review
The polling guru is Britain’s best known an most trusted polling expert
-
‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reforms
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guarantee
-
New NHS-style social care system could take decades, Dilnot says
Sir Andrew Dilnot, who proposed reforms 15 years ago, says the cost of such a scheme would be "very substantial".
-
If social care is the defining issue of the next election Burnham cannot go early
Making the reform of social care the centrepiece of the next Labour manifesto changes everything, as political editor David Maddox explains
-
Social care reform could mean big risks and big rewards for Burnham
The state of the social care system in England is a topic that's made Andy Burnham angry for decades - but will his plans for reform work?
-
UK politics live: Burnham says he wants to fight next election on plan for new taxes to pay for free social care in England
PM appears to be anticipating criticism of reforms that he will set out on Tuesday at the Labour party conference
-
Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
-
Lib Dem MP announces she will not fight the next election
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine had failed to get reselected by her party executive amid claims that she was being moved aside for an ally of the Scottish leader
