52 h. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: What financial resolutions will you make for 2026?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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62 h. ago Thomas Skinner's row with BBC in tatters as Strictly Come Dancing voting numbers emerge

Thomas Skinner's claims of vote rigging on Strictly Come Dancing appear undermined after independent poll showed he received just 1.4 per cent of votes

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68 h. ago Thomas Skinner's true Strictly voting figures revealed leaving BBC fight in tatters

Thomas Skinner’s explosive legal threat against the BBC saying they rigged the vote appears to contradict an independent poll vote showing him bottom

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6 d. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Do you have a side hustle outside your main job?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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7 d. ago Vote in our Independent Women poll: Have you had the ‘superflu’?

Each week, Victoria Richards asks Independent Women readers to weigh in on the stories and debates shaping the headlines

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1 week ago Senate fails to advance bills to avert massive Obamacare premiums hike for millions of Americans

Senate remains divided over Obamacare premiums and abortion while millions of Americans stare down a financial deadline

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1 week ago Voices: ‘Absolute madness not to’: Why Independent readers back a return to EU customs union

Our community say the Commons’ dramatic 100–100 tie on plans for a bespoke UK–EU customs union has intensified the debate over Brexit’s economic fallout, with many arguing that renewed alignment is both necessary and politically overdue.

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1 week ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Have you lost money as a result of a scam?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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2 w. ago What will it take for UK to rejoin customs union after rebel Labour MPs back Commons Brexit vote?

A new bill calls for the UK to open talks with the EU – here are the facts

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2 w. ago GOP lawmakers rip MTG for skipping votes after she announced her resignation from Congress

Greene announced her shocking decision to step down from congress on November, following months of clashes with the GOP, MAGA and president Donald Trump himself

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3 w. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: How do you plan your Christmas spending?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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3 w. ago Eurovision could vote on Israel’s involvement as more countries threaten boycott

A vote could be held on whether Israel can participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest

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3 w. ago Chancellor ruling out another independence vote does not carry weight – Flynn

The SNP MP claimed Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will both be ousted if the SNP wins next year.

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3 w. ago Why won’t Marvel let Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine retire in peace?

The actor himself has promised to accept all future cameos as the beloved claw-gremlin, but this will only wear out his superpowersThere was once a time when Hugh Jackman Wolverine cameos made a sort of sense. Bursting out of a cell in full Weapon X gear, massacring half a bunker, then vanishing, in 2016’s otherwise pretty forgettable X-Men: Apocalypse. Telling potential recruitment team Magneto and Professor X to, er, go fuck themselves while propping up a bar in 2011’s X-Men: First Class. Even popping up via archived footage from X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2018’s Deadpool 2. These were cameos we could accept: quick, self-contained sideshows that understood the sacred rule that such things ought to be fun and brief. They also arrived at a time when Jackman didn’t yet carry the weight of 25 years of audience investment.Last week, in an appearance on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show, Jackman revealed that he has banned himself from saying no to future appearances as the surly mutant. “I...

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3 w. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: First star set to be eliminated from jungle

Campmates downed gruesome cocktails during return of fan favourite segment

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3 w. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Which Budget announcement are you most disappointed in?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves rules out independence vote even if SNP wins Holyrood majority

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the Chancellor had shown an ‘astonishing level of arrogance’ with the comment.

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3 w. ago 'How can we believe anything you say?' Susanna Reid confronts Reeves over tax rise broken promises as Chancellor fails to rule out MORE taxes

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was challenged by Susanna Reid on how anyone could 'believe anything you say' as she toured broadcast studios defending her raid.

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3 w. ago ‘Spend now, pay later’: Reeves’ Budget delays the fiscal pain

Chancellor now more likely to meet her fiscal rules without further policy changes, OBR says

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4 w. ago Nearly 80 percent of US Latinos view Trump’s policies as harmful to their community

The poll revealed 68 percent of Latinos felt their circumstances had declined in the past year

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