The Independent - March 13, 2025

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March 13, 2025

Starmer urged to match EU stance on Trump's tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer has said “all options are on the table” as Britain plans its response to Donald Trump imposing global tariffs on steel and aluminium.

4 mins

PM reignites farmer anger by halting incentive scheme

Ministers are being accused of treating farmers with contempt” after halting applications for a major post-Brexit payment scheme.

2 mins

Will Reform row end hopes of being serious opposition?

Just as Reform UK was picking up the kind of momentum it needs to win some seats in the English county council elections, stepping closer to its declared objective to be the real opposition”, its leaders have gone to war with one another.

4 mins

Starmer to unveil '£45bn' civil service digital jackpot

Sir Keir Starmer will put thousands of civil servants on job alert today as he hails a “£45bn jackpot” from digitalising government services.

2 mins

MPs dismiss senior judge approval for assisted dying

The requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying applications has been scrapped by MPs.

2 mins

Paloma Faith: Why I won't give my kids smartphones

Paloma Faith has said her eight-year-old has stopped begging her for a smartphone now she’s installed a landline that her child can use to prank call her friends.

2 mins

Sturgeon to stand down from Holyrood next year

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will not seek re-election to Holyrood next year.

2 mins

Crashed North Sea vessel captain is Russian national

The captain of the cargo ship which collided with a US oil tanker in the North Sea is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner has said.

2 mins

The dark reality women face during Cheltenham

Catcalling and unwanted contact prompts council action

4 mins

Moscow likely to break any ceasefire deal, warn experts

Vladimir Putin will exploit a truce, senior European officials say, as the Kremlin awaits details of the US-backed proposal

5 mins

Kyiv losing Kursk gains due to US freeze on intelligence

Ukrainian forces are collapsing in a near rout, being driven out of Russia’s Kursk region after being blinded by Washington’s intelligence blackout.

2 mins

Don't trust Putin to stick to a ceasefire deal in Ukraine

A pause could simply allow the Russian leader to regroup and to shatter Ukraine's wartime unity

3 mins

Greenland election results seen as rejection of Trump

Centre-right party tells US president ‘we are not for sale’

3 mins

"They demand sex for fish'

Women in Zambia bear brunt of Trump's cuts to USAID

5 mins

'Everyone wins': why the future is the six-hour day

Forget the four-day week, writes Polly Dunbar, reducing our daily hours can help fix a status quo that's sent work-related stress through the roof and is costing the economy billions

6 mins

Let's change how we look at infidelity – it's long overdue -

It turns out cheating may not be the death knell for love it’s often presented to be. Olivia Petter says it’s time to rethink

5 mins

'If we were boys, we'd have just punched each other'

The Bangles were one of the most successful groups of the Eighties. As a new book dives into their decade of stardom the band speak to Adam White about their highs and lows

8 mins

One-shot crime drama is a tough but compulsive watch

‘Adolescence’ asks whether the Andrew Tate ‘manosphere’ drove a 13-year-old to murder someone

3 mins

The US economy is in the grip of Trump true believers

With Trump 2.0 it really is different, in no small part because the people around him are different.

4 mins

Villa bulldoze Brugge for deserved quarter-final slot

Aston Villa win 6-1 on aggregate

3 mins

Italian job: can Hamilton make history at Ferrari?

Speaking to former Scuderia drivers ahead of the Brit's debut in Australia this weekend, Kieran Jackson takes a deep dive into F1's biggest-ever transfer and finds a sportsman 'reborn'

5 mins

Tearful tribute to O'Sullivan as day two brings surprises

Marine Nationale and Jazzy Matty won back-to-back races on a day of surprises in an emotional tribute to jockey Michael O’Sullivan.

3 mins

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