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Labour to spend £15m on small boat deportation deals
The Home Office is spending £15m on returns partnerships with 11 countries to boost the number of deportations of small boat migrants, The Independent can reveal.
Patel is out - what's next in the Tory leadership contest?
With the lowest number of votes from fellow MPs – 14 out of 121 – Priti Patel has automatically dropped out of the running to be Tory leader.
As a Grenfell campaigner, this report has me seething
After more than seven years campaigning for Grenfell victims and survivors, my former Kensington constituents, and the countless others who are still living in unsafe homes up and down the country, I did not think it was possible to feel more anger than I already did.
Justice for Grenfell: the fight is only just beginning
Seven years after the fire which resulted in the avoidable deaths of 72 residents, Zoë Beaty speaks to the grieving relatives who feel their voices are still not being heard
'We must acknowledge part we played in tragedy' - May
Baroness Theresa May, who was prime minister at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, has warned that all those in authority must accept their responsibility for the tragedy.
Decades of systemic failure led to Grenfell, report finds
The Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 residents was the result of decades of failure by governments and the construction industry, a damning final report into the disaster has found.
A less than mighty Blighty
National pride has taken a nosedive over the last decade. But with Brexit, Covid cronyism and unsavoury royal revelations, is it any wonder we’re fed up with our lot, asks Helen Coffey
'Mortality is something I think about intensely'
David Gilmour and his wife, the novelist Polly Samson, talk to Geordie Greig about collaborating on his new album and why there will never be a Floyd reunion with Roger Waters
Karsten vs Mondo could be the stimulus athletics needs
It is a fantasy clash plucked from the pages of fan fiction: Who would win if you took two Norse gods of athletics, stuck them on a start line in Zurich and pitted them against one another in the purest of sporting contests?
Inoue denied statement win after hip injury to Doheny
Naoya Inoue had started patiently against TJ Doheny. At first, the undisputed super-bantamweight champion was content to parry jabs and press forward gently.
Salah's contract is ending so where is his new deal? -
Liverpool have already had one bombshell announcement in 2024.
At least 51 killed in one of deadliest Russian airstrikes
‘Russian scum will pay for this, vows Volodymyr Zelensky, as rescuers in Poltava pick through the rubble to find survivors
IDF kills Hamas leader who was part of October attack
Israel’s military has said it has killed a Hamas commander who killed a father in front of his two children in the 7 October attack and then was filmed drinking a can of Coca-Cola from the fridge.
Leaked email claims Trump 'can't win New Hampshire'
The Trump campaign “no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable” and is “pulling back” from the crucial swing state, according to a bombshell leaked email from a top campaign volunteer.
'Emotional scars are deep, it affects your whole being'
Filipino women are challenging the Catholic Church and a conservative lobby to demand legal freedom from abusive or unhappy marriages. Maroosha Muzaffar hears their stories
Scotland confirms £500m in cuts to balance budget
Scotland’s finance secretary Shona Robison has announced up to 500m of spending cuts as she insisted urgent action” was needed to ensure the government can balance its budget.
Mother grieves her three sons and ‘amazing husband'
Three children found dead at a house in Surrey have been described as full of life and happiness” by their grieving mother.
'Jeremy Kyle' guest blamed show before fatal overdose
Aman believed to have killed himself in the days after appearing on The Feremy Kyle Show told his former partner that the programme was responsible for what happens now” in his final text message to her, an inquest has heard.
One child detained, four let go after dog walker's death
A dog walker who died after being attacked in a park died from a neck injury, police have said.
Tugendhat doubles down on winning over Tory right
Tom Tugendhat doubled down on his bid to reinvent himself as a candidate of the Tory right as he waded into the growing debate within the party over ditching the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
Don't leave our elderly out in the cold, Starmer urged
Former Labour frontbencher hits out over winter fuel cuts
Case weighs in on £22bn 'black hole' - who is right?
In a highly unusual move, Simon Case – cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, a job that includes protecting the impartiality of the government machine – has engaged in direct debate with the opposition over some sensitive political issues.
Anger at Starmer over move to restrict arm sales to Israel
Netanyahu brands decision shameful’ as PM feels US heat
Six children and pregnant woman among 12 drowned
Bottom of boat ripped open’, plunging more than 60 people into waters off France in year’s worst migrant boat tragedy
Unstoppable Inoue should make short work of Doheny
Japan’s four-weight champion faces 23rd world title fight Aocw
How has Red Bull car gone from best-ever to a boat’?
Four months ago, ahead of race six of the 2024 F1 season in Miami, nothing confirmed how assured and dominant Red Bull were like their unprecedented streak of success on the track.
Peacock calls on Coe to give para athletes more visibility
Runner finishes fifth as Team GB secure six golds in one day
'You have to be brave, you can't have a bloated squad'
Manchester United's sporting director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Omar Berrada tell Richard Jolly why they believe the club made progress in its summer overhaul
High earners 'leaving UK' over capital gains tax fears
Entrepreneurs and top earners are selling up or leaving the UK due to fears the Labour government will announce an increase in capital gains tax (CGT) in the autumn Budget, experts have warned.
'There were people dying around us, it was awful'
As cult comedy 'Green Wing' turns 20, Jacob Stolworthy sits down with its creator and cast to talk corpsing at the hospital