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'I've lost my home. There's nothing left - just mud'

After three days without aid, flood victims look to rebuild

Government investments 'help fund factory farming'

More than £116m of UK taxpayers’ money has been used to fund “cruel and damaging” factory farms abroad in the past five years, analysis has found.

Family plea for IPP prisoner after he set himself alight

A prisoner who set himself alight in his cell after serving 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an indefinite jail term is still fighting to be moved to a hospital.

CCTV of Sara's family at Heathrow shown to court

CCTV footage of Sara Sharif’s family at Heathrow airport in the hours before the schoolgirl was found dead at their home was shown yesterday at her murder trial.

Philanthropists give £150k to Independent campaign as donation budget doubles

An extraordinarily generous donation has been made to The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign from a trust renamed in honour of Julia Rausing, the wife of Tetra Pak heir and philanthropist Hans Rausing, who died earlier this year.

Hundreds come forward over Fayed abuse claims.

Lawyers investigating alleged sexual abuse by Mohamed alFayed revealed yesterday they have been contacted by more than 420 people, and warned any parties seeking to avoid liability: “We are coming for you.”

My daughter was a 'crime scene', says mother of girl stabbed 36 times by her ex

The heartbroken mother of a 15-year-old girl who was murdered by her obsessed ex-boyfriend said she was unable to touch her in hospital because “my daughter was a crime scene”.

Fuel duty freeze is 10 times the cost of £2 bus fare cap

Keeping the £2 bus fare cap in England would only have cost a tenth of the money the government spent on freezing fuel duty, a leading think tank has said.

Head of value for money office to earn £950 a day

The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950.

Starmer is accused of lying to farmers with 'tractor tax'

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about wanting “a new relationship” with them after the Budget extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history.

Chancellor admits working people will pay for tax hikes

Rachel Reeves has admitted her tax-grabbing Budget will hit the pay packets of working people as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused her of undermining trust in politicians.

Is our anti-ageing obsession now totally out of hand?

With women opting for botox injections to keep their hands looking youthful, Ellie Muir examines new beauty standards

Reeves takes an extra £2bn in inheritance tax - for now

Inheritance tax (IHT) is an odd one; many worry about it but only a tiny minority ever end up paying it. After this Budget, the minority will grow and the bills they face will rise.

Manchester United's life is in Amorim's capable hands

The manager made a fading Portuguese side into champions. Lawrence Ostlere pinpoints the tactics that may save United

Did the Women's Equality Party achieve its ambition?

Leaders of the Women's Equality Party (WEP) propose to wind up their organisation. A statement issued by its executive committee, endorsed by co-founders Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer, declares: \"The truth is, despite themphenomenal efforts of our team, tireless activists and brilliant members, we can no longer see a way to make this work. Everybody is struggling, particularly women.

New breast cancer therapy drug 'doubles survival time

A new drug therapy for aggressive advanced breast cancer could potentially double the amount of time patients live without the disease progressing, a trial has found.

Northern Rail reveals it is still communicating via fax

A Northern Rail official has admitted the operator still uses fax machines to communicate with its train crews in an excruciating exchange about the state of its services.

Abortion clinic protest ban watered down, activists say

Campaigners have hit out at the decision not to automatically ban silent prayer outside abortion clinics when new buffer zones are implemented today. Under the new measures, it will now be illegal to influence, harass or provoke those using or delivering abortion services within a 150-metre radius of the abortion provider. Those who infringe the new rules can be hit with an unlimited fine.

First UK case of potentially deadly mpox strain detected

The first UK case of a potentially deadly strain of the has been detected in London.

Key figures from day when long-held records tumbled

The first Budget by a Labour chancellor in 14 years, and the first to be delivered by a woman, also signalled some major historical milestones for tax and spending.

Sunak showed his anger in his last stand as Tory leader

The Budget reply was Rishi Sunak's last big gig in the House of Commons despite Keir Starmer's joke during Prime Minister's Questions that the Conservatives change leader so often, \"he may be back here\" soon. In those exchanges, Starmer and Sunak were all courtesy and best behaviour. Starmer paid tribute to his defeated opponent’s “decency”; Sunak was softly spoken and bipartisan.

Rabbits replaced by rabbit punches for working people

The absence of rabbits in Rachel Reeves's Budget box may explain how the chancellor managed to hold it aloft for so long.

A strong performance from Reeves, but it's a big gamble

Rachel Reeves played a very difficult hand as well as anyone could, in the circumstances.

Labour's future now hangs on delivering its promises

The short-term politics of Rachel Reeves’s Budget are clear. Taxes that affect most voters’ pay are not increased. Even the duty on petrol remains unchanged, while the much anticipated extension of the freeze of income tax thresholds was notable by its absence.

Business bears the burden of borrow-and-spend tactic

Rachel Reeves hopes her historic rise in tax, coupled with spending on the NHS and other investments, will kickstart the economy and get Britain's debt under control.

Reeves gambles on £40bn tax increase in first Budget

Chancellor insists extra borrowing vital to ‘fix broken Britain'

What's The 'Toddler Tax' And Who Will End Up Paying It?

Parents could face paying VAT on nursery fees if a class contains just one child aged five, according to government guidance recently issued on the controversial new policy.

US Urges Israel To Rethink Palestinian Aid Agency Ban

UNRWA’s director is not sure there is a plan B’ to its vital services as Hezbollah declares Naim Qassem its new leader

Taliban Bans Women From Hearing Each Other's Voices

The Taliban has implemented a bizarre new edict that will further curb the voices of Afghan women who are already prohibited from speaking in public.

United ‘interested in hiring' Amorim, Sporting confirm

Manchester United have registered an interest in hiring Ruben Amorim and paying the Sporting Lisbon manager’s release clause, the Portuguese club have confirmed.