The Independent - March 23, 2025

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March 23, 2025

"Treasury orthodoxy' makes a fiscal prisoner of Reeves

Loosen self-imposed rules, former ministers urge chancellor

3 mins

Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year, figures reveal

Ministers have pledged to tear down” barriers to trade with the European Union after new figures showed Brexit has cost UK business 37bn a year.

2 mins

Labour to train 60,000 new builders to save homes plan

Rachel Reeves hopes to kickstart the economy and save Labour’s plan to build 1.5m new homes by training up to 60,000 bricklayers, electricians, engineers and carpenters over the next four years.

2 mins

Miliband orders 'urgent' probe into Heathrow outage

Report expected in six weeks after embarrassing’ shutdown

4 mins

No 10 mulls using Balkan 'return hubs' for migrants

Failed asylum seekers could be sent to the Balkans under plans being considered by the Labour government to tackle the crisis of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

2 mins

Where's Wally tattoo among recorded hate incidents

A disagreement in the workplace over a colleague discussing a genital Where’s Wally tattoo and someone sticking an Adolf Hitler moustache” on their face featured in more than 6,500 non-crime hate incidents NCHIs) recorded by 28 police forces in Britain last year.

5 mins

How the pandemic changed life forever on a UK street

The country entered lockdown five years ago this weekend. Colin Drury hears how, amid the suffering, ordinary people questioned their lives, and changed little things for the better

7 mins

The uptight composer who learnt to get over himself

Vertigo? He stepped up to the edge. 'Lion King' too corny? Just play it. As for proposing from the stage... Hans Zimmer tells Roisin O'Connor how he managed to overcome his fear

3 mins

Drone pilots hunt down Ukrainian civilians 'like playing a computer game'

To be on Kherson’s streets is to risk death from above, writes Sam Kiley, while even the hospitals are forced underground

6 mins

Tates pledge to 'clear their name' after Romania return

Andrew and Tristan Tate are back in Romania where they face charges of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

2 mins

Bullies, bootlickers and those that can't fix a church roof

At this moment of peril for our continent, it has never been more important for politicians to say what we really think.

3 mins

When it comes to non-doms, Britain's loss is Italy's gain

Italy is among Britain's closest European friends. Its prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, enjoyed a close bond with Rishi Sunak and that has been replicated for Keir Starmer. Yet it seems that friendship only goes so far and, when it comes to stealing a march on its ally, the Italians are showing a clean pair of suitably smartly designed heels.

3 mins

I didn't expect Paltrow to be the one who'd betray women

\"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women,\" said Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state. It's a quote I think about far too often, simply because of how many people it applies to. I didn't expect Gwyneth Paltrow to be one of them.

2 mins

Mea culpa: hanging on to some intriguing etymology

John Rentoul, our chief pedant, on last week’s Independent

2 mins

In boxing and beyond, how Foreman captivated his fans

Ex-world champion George Foreman leaves a huge legacy in sport and popular culture a heavyweight in every sense

4 mins

'If retiring was the outcome I'd have banked the chips'

Back to her best as the Women's Six Nations begins, Red Roses centre Emily Scarratt reveals to Harry Latham-Coyle how close she came to having to step away from the game

5 mins

Why it's time to reflect on how lockdown changed us

It’s no wonder we don’t like to think about the Covid era, writes Lauren O’Neill on the five-year anniversary of the first lockdown. In retrospect, it altered so much that we once took for granted about work, relationships and ourselves

6 mins

'I need progression, I don't want to be a nostalgia act'

Nineties pop star Louise has returned with a sensational new album that she knows will take listeners by surprise. It's the modern, defiant sound of a survivor, she tells Adam White

8 mins

Distressed and seething....we're a laughing stock again

The Heathrow shutdown was manic. Any more of this and I will start a line of travel chaos T-shirts, writes Simon Calder

2 mins

'Lodz is different': The hip Polish alternative to Krakow

Tamara Hinson says we need to pay more attention to a city with industrial chic neighbourhoods, street art and 2 pints

4 mins

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