73 m. ago Sunshine boon powers Birmingham airport through solar energy

In 2024, the Midlands aviation hub invested nearly £10m in a solar farm, featuring over 12,000 panels.

Politics

82 m. ago Rural councils to get money for ‘remoteness’ cost in funding shake

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a ‘comprehensive review’ of local government aimed at slashing red tape and reforming funding.

Economics

87 m. ago After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one | Anushka Asthana

Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safeAsk friends of Keir Starmer what they make of him and one of the first things they will say is that he can be incredibly kind. I’ve heard it time and again.The former Labour leader Neil Kinnock described how Starmer was among the first to turn up on his doorstep after he lost his beloved wife, Glenys. “You don’t have time for this; you’ve got a party to lead,” Kinnock told him.Anushka Asthana is ITN’s US editor and author of Taken As Red: The Truth About Starmer’s Labour Continue reading...

Events

93 m. ago Reeves 'could be forced into £40BILLION of extra tax hikes' by stalling economy and Labour's benefits shambles

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is trying to move on after her outburst of emotion during PMQs yesterday.

Economics

2 h. ago Desperate Keir Starmer tries to stabilise Labour by vowing to make NHS a six

In what has swiftly become the PM's worst week in office so far - after he was forced to shelve key welfare reforms - Sir Keir will outline a major health shake-up.

Politics

2 h. ago Future already looks bright for the NHS under Labour, Starmer says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves made her first appearance since she was seen crying in the Commons on Wednesday.

Politics

2 h. ago Xbox layoffs: All cancelled projects and studio closures as Perfect Dark canned

Microsoft's layoffs have had a devastating effect on Xbox, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard — here's everything we know so far, including project cancellations and more

Politics

3 h. ago MP votes for benefits reform insisting Lanarkshire constituents won't receive less money

Only four Labour MPs out of 37 in Scotland voted against the watered-down Bill despite a revolt

Politics

4 h. ago PM shoulders blame for welfare fiasco and says No 10 ‘didn’t get process right’

Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel ReevesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has admitted No 10 “didn’t get the process right” in handling the government’s controversial welfare bill and says he shoulders the blame.Looking to repair some of the damage done by Labour’s 11th hour climbdown on the central plank of its welfare changes, Starmer said the government would reflect on its mistakes. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Can Labour survive its identity crisis? Ask chief political commentator John Rentoul anything

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position

Events

4 h. ago In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism | Yanis Varoufakis

To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back controlA young woman I met recently remarked that it was not so much the existence of pure evil that drove her berserk, but rather people or institutions with the capacity to do good who instead ended up damaging humanity. Her musing made me think of Karl Marx, whose quarrel with capitalism was precisely that – not so much that it was exploitative but that it dehumanised and alienated us despite being such a progressive force.Preceding social systems might have been more oppressive or exploitative than capitalism. However, only under capitalism have humans been so fully alienated from our products and environment, so divorced from our labour, so robbed of even a modicum of control over what we think and do. Capitalism, especially after it shifted into its technofeudal phase, turned us all into some version of Caliban or Shylock – monads...

Events

5 h. ago Operation Save Rachel: Keir scrambles to shore up weeping Reeves and guarantees her job after her tears triggered market drop

Sir Keir said her tears had 'nothing to do with politics' or Labour's embarrassing U-turns on benefits - insisting she cried over something 'personal' without expanding further.

Politics

5 h. ago Who is Rachel Reeves, Britain’s first female chancellor in tears during PMQs

Rachel Reeves ‘is going nowhere’ after she was seen in tears during PMQs

Politics

6 h. ago Tennis power couple 'break up' after both players crash out at Wimbledon

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa have reportedly decided to break, with the pair calling time on their relationship after they were both knocked out of Wimbledon

Events

6 h. ago Keir Starmer insists Rachel Reeves 'will remain chancellor into the next election and for many years after'...as markets tumble and No10 frantically denies bust

Sir Keir said her tears had 'nothing to do with politics' or Labour's embarrassing U-turns on benefits - insisting she cried over something 'personal' without expanding further.

Politics

7 h. ago Oasis at Cardiff Principality Stadium road closures this weekend

Road closures will be in place around Cardiff Principality Stadium on July 4 and 5 as Oasis Live '25 takes place

Politics

10 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: 'Fourth man' in 'Sextator' scandal at The Spectator magazine leaves staggering sum in his will

As parties go, few can rival the Spectator's for its heady mix of wealth, power, and old-school glamour, with past guests including Dame Joan Collins and Georgia Toffolo.

Science

10 h. ago Six Flags to close another park months after announcing the closure of its Maryland location

Six Flags said its parks in Santa Clara, California, and Bowie, Maryland, are ‘very low on the rankings of margins’

Politics

10 h. ago Starmer faces Labour turmoil and global volatility as he marks year in Number 10

The Prime Minister’s first year in office has been marked by a series of domestic and global challenges after Labour’s landslide victory.

Politics

12 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: 'Fourth man' in 'Sextator' scandal at The Spectator magazine leaves staggering sum in his will

As parties go, few can rival the Spectator's for its heady mix of wealth, power, and old-school glamour, with past guests including Dame Joan Collins and Georgia Toffolo.

Science