The Independent - September 22, 2024

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September 22, 2024

Labour chair stands firm on pensioner fuel payment cuts.

Keir Starmer’s top team is unapologetic about the cut to the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners as the party chair warned “we have to get the money from somewhere” on the eve of Labour’s conference in Liverpool.

5 mins

School election was Reeves sisters first step into politics

Pair have gone on to become the UK's most powerful siblings

3 mins

Starmer promises to protect services from new austerity

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to protect public services from swingeing cuts, as he made a bid to move on from rows over donations and strife at No 10, after arriving at the Labour Party conference last night.

3 mins

Rayner will pledge 'decent, safe homes' for all in speech

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will pledge decent homes for all in a speech that puts the dismal state of housing front and centre of the Labour party conference.

4 mins

Madcap charm surpasses months of Strictly scandal

The first live episode of this season's 'Strictly Come Dancing' leans into the show's surreal side

3 mins

Nigel's making plans - and Tories should be worried

The first surprise at the Reform conference was the queue snaking from the doors of Birmingham’s NEC centre, all the way down the access road.

4 mins

Teenager given 18-month sentence still in prison 18 years later under IPP term

A desperate mother has spoken of her anguish after her teenage son was jailed for 18 months but is still trapped in prison 18 years later under a cruel indefinite jail term.

4 mins

Trump campaign fear 'Black Nazi' candidate could cost them key battleground state

Former president being 'weighed down' in North Carolina

2 mins

At least 22 dead after Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza

An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza yesterday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza health ministry.

2 mins

Bomb drones are deployed in India's forgotten civil war

As violence splitting the state of Manipur along ethnic lines escalates, families of its victims want the government to act

4 mins

Death prompts debate over 'toxic' work culture in India

Mother of woman who died within four months of joining a consulting firm says 'workload and long hours' are to blame

5 mins

Dubois destroys Joshua in five devastating rounds.

Anthony Joshua tumbled onto the canvas in the fifth round, his world turned upside down by Daniel Dubois and his effortless power, compounding a nightmare evening to leave him with a critical decision.

4 mins

Why it's solidity over style in Premier League title race

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta no longer focus on attackfirst approaches when Manchester City and Arsenal meet

3 mins

Prolific Diaz reaps rewards of Slot's quiet evolution

Liverpool are top of the league. But while that may only be for a day, more significantly, Liverpool are back on track.

3 mins

Are universities too big to fail or could some go under?

As thousands of students head to campuses this weekend, there are warnings parts of the sector are close to collapse. Alastair Mc Call argues why fees can,t save the day this time

6 mins

M&M's World - gaudy, soulless yet hugely popular

Tens of thousands flock each week to queue, buy overpriced sweets and take photos. But why, wonders Roisin Lanigan

6 mins

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