The Independent - October 28, 2024

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October 28, 2024

Chancellor sells Budget for 'strivers' as taxes set to rise

Rachel Reeves has borrowed the language of the former Tory chancellor George Osborne to say her first Budget will be for “strivers” as her party faced a deepening row over the definition of “working people”.

3 mins

Hunt accuses financial watchdog of political bias

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the Office for Budget Responsibility OBR) of shielding the Labour Party from scrutiny as it prepares to announce tax hikes.

2 mins

Labour suspends MP after punch captured on CCTV

Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended from the Labour Party after CCTV footage emerged that appears to show he punched one of his constituents in the face before attacking the victim while he was on the floor.

2 mins

Minister Says Government Considering Smacking Ban

The new Labour government is considering a ban on smacking, a cabinet minister has said.

1 min

Tice talks of ‘stand-off' with France over boat migrants

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, has admitted his party’s policy of picking up and taking migrants back to France could result in a “friendly stand-off” between the countries in the English Channel.

1 min

Murdered MP was failed by Home Office, says daughter

The daughter of David Amess, murdered by an Isis supporter at his MP surgery, says she and her family were “catastrophically” failed by the government’s Prevent programme.

3 mins

Soundbites that bit back

From working people’ to alarm clock Britain’, the phrases that came to haunt the unlucky politicians who coined them

2 mins

'She was a good basic cook.Roast chicken, scrambled eggs... all very English stuff'

Food critic Tom Parker Bowles describes the dishes his mother Queen Camilla made during his childhood and which meal still causes Buckingham Palace to grind to a halt

4 mins

Dad goes on run to escape 'unfair' indefinite recall to prison for adolescent crime

A terrified father has gone on the run after learning he is to be hauled back to prison indefinitely over claims he has restarted a relationship with the mother of his children.

4 mins

Hoy reveals wife kept MS a secret as he fought cancer

Chris Hoy, who revealed last week that his cancer is terminal, has praised his wife for her unwavering support as she lives with multiple sclerosis (MS).

3 mins

Family left without heating or hot water after being sent back to flood-damaged flat

A young mother and her two children were moved back into a flat without hot water, heating or a bed for the mother after a flood forced them to live in temporary accommodation for more than 10 months.

3 mins

Clarkson details 'terrifying' changes after heart surgery

Jeremy Clarkson has shared his angst over adapting to a new wellness regime after undergoing “extremely urgent” heart surgery.

2 mins

Farage wants Trump to veto Chagos Islands handover

Republican candidate has received legal advice over deal after Reform UK leader raised concerns with his team

3 mins

Netanyahu: 'Precise' Attack Hit The Defences Of Iran Hard

Tehran plays down airstrikes as UN set to discuss escalation

3 mins

China says it will respond to $2bn US-Taiwan arms sale

China has strongly condemned the latest 2bn 1.5bn) arms sale approved by the US for Taiwan, declaring it a threat to regional peace and promising decisive counter-measures in response.

2 mins

Georgia ruling party faces 'constitutional coup' claims

Pro-Putin Georgian Dream beats EU-aligned oppostition in election with ballot-stuffing, bribery and voter intimidation

3 mins

Japan's Uncertain Future As Coalition Majority In Doubt

Economic fallout feared as country loses its political stability

3 mins

Superb Salah strike earns Liverpool lucky late draw

For a game that was supposed to tell us more about both sides, especially a Liverpool who claimed a 2-2 away draw, it strangely leaves more questions.

5 mins

Ten Hag under pressure as Hammers dent Man Utd

There was a time when Manchester United came to West Ham, Wayne Rooney took aim from 57 yards and scored. Many a comparison with the past can damn this United side but, a decade on, Diogo Dalot came to West Ham, took aim at an unguarded goal from eight yards and missed. Whether it was excruciating or merely amusing depends on your perspective, but it was costly, summing up Manchester United’s selfdestructive streak.

3 mins

Catterall deserves a world title shot after Prograis win

It took Jack Catterall six rounds to solve Regis Prograis at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester late on Saturday night and when he did, he looked brilliant.

3 mins

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