The Independent - March 19, 2025

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March 19, 2025

A million to lose disability benefit in £5bn welfare cut

An estimated million disabled people will lose their benefits as Labour took an axe to the UK's ballooning welfare bill.

5 mins

Kendall passes two key tests but is not out of minefield

The test for Liz Kendall was simple, according to one Labour insider. If the response to her statement is dominated by wheelchair users protesting that they will be worse off, she will have failed. If, on the other hand, the focus of the debate is about getting more people into work, she will have succeeded.

2 mins

Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets

Kremlin says Russian president has ordered his military to stop attacks for 30 days, following phone call with Trump

5 mins

Ukraine left hog-tied by one-sided plan hamstrung and

The apparent olive branch offered by Moscow after lengthy talks in fact suits the Kremlin tactically, writes Sam Kiley

2 mins

Ending two-child cap 'could lift 600,000 out of poverty'

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would lift 600,000 children out of poverty in the next five years, analysis has found.

2 mins

Badenoch under fire after saying net zero 'impossible'

Kemi Badenoch faces backlash from business leaders and a former Tory minister after she announced the Conservatives could drop their commitment to reaching net zero by 2050

2 mins

Phillipson: Leave London to see scale of schools crisis

A war of words has erupted over Bridget Phillipson’s school reforms, with the education secretary urging critics to try leaving London for a change”.

3 mins

What Labour's credit card crackdown says about its public spending approach

The dour Scotsman holding the title of chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office minister, Pat McFadden, doesn’t seem much of a space cowboy but he has in common with Elon Musk an apparent zeal to eliminate waste.

3 mins

Nasa's Crew-9 finally splash down after nine-month wait

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule yesterday with a soft splashdown off Florida’s coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

3 mins

Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105

Group Captain John Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, has died aged 105.

3 mins

Teenager who shot family plotted to kill 30 children

A 19-year-old who murdered his family and was plotting a school shooting wanted to be the worst mass school killer the UK has seen, a court has heard.

3 mins

Hundreds dead and injured in Gaza after Israeli strikes

Doctors describe armageddon’ as Netanyahu shatters ceasefire vowing to act with increasing military strength’

5 mins

Gaza strikes show hostages are not Israel's top priority

Breaking of the ceasefire comes at a time of internal unrest ption trial, reports

4 mins

UN scientists shocked by ‘extraordinary' warming

Leading climate scientists said they watched with surprise as extraordinary” global temperatures broke record after record last year.

3 mins

Antarctic scientist sorry for attack at remote station

The Antarctic researcher accused of threatening to kill colleagues trapped in a remote research station has apologised.

2 mins

While he's Trump's friend, Netanyahu is never going to end the bloodshed in Gaza

Conscious of the need not to infuriate unnecessarily Benjamin Netanyahu on whom the fate of the 59 Israelis still held in Gaza depends – the country’s Hostage and Missing Families’ Forum usually tries to weigh its words with care.

4 mins

'No, we can't': the cry of a party a long way from power

In her speech to launch the Tories’ new policy programme, Kemi Badenoch struck a humble note.

3 mins

Society will suffer without free emergency contraception

/—__~ Ordinarily, there are many barriers to accessing emergency contraception. Beyond the expense y and awkward opening times, there’s the pain and embarrassment of the compulsory consultation, the fear of being stigmatised and judged – or, worse still, being spotted by someone you know.

2 mins

BYD launches battery that can charge EVs in 5 minutes

Chinese automaker BYD has become the first in the world to unveil a commercial battery for electric vehicles that is capable of charging in roughly the same amount of time as it takes to fill up a fuel tank.

1 min

Aussie rules when it comes to F1's scheduling problem

Twenty years ago, the last iteration of the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide concluded the 1995 Formula One season. Pole-sitter Damon Hill won the race at a canter, while title winner Michael Schumacher retired after a collision with Jean Alesi.

3 mins

'In everything, Americans want to win. It's the culture'

United States manager Mauricio Pochettino talks to Miguel Delaney about how the nation could soon dominate football

6 mins

Burn's tall order from Asda shifts to Three Lions call-up

Dan Burn can complete a journey from non-league to senior international with his first cap this week, writes Richard Jolly

4 mins

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