3 h. ago 'Chelsea have done enough!': Enzo Maresca vents frustrations ahead of final

The Blues boss says data proves his team are among the best in the Premier League

Sport

5 h. ago Reform hits 30% landmark as more than half of Tory voters switch to Farage

The latest Techne UK tracker poll results for The Independent

Politics

7 h. ago The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial

Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stabilityBritain for the last decade has experienced a bleak paradox: rising child poverty alongside a dramatic increase in billionaire wealth. This inequality has been tolerated partly because greed has been rehabilitated as virtue. The Billionaire Britain report, published this week by the Equality Trust, reveals what many instinctively feel but few in parliament will admit: the UK economy has become a machine for the upward redistribution of wealth.Using Sunday Times Rich List data, the report found that the 50 wealthiest UK families now own more than the poorest half of the population combined. Their opulence is no accident. It’s largely built on the labour and consumption of those 34 million other Britons. The gains of society are being hoarded by those least in need. There’s a lexicon that sells it all as “entrepreneurial spirit” and bus...

Economics

8 h. ago The 10 English councils left with no overall party control and who leads them

Gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats saw some councils left under no overall control

Politics

9 h. ago Sarwar: Reform voters are not racist, they are ‘scunnered’ and ‘frustrated’

Scottish Labour leader says Scotland is diverse and “welcoming” country

Politics

10 h. ago Reform UK promises to reverse ban on new North Sea oil drilling if elected

Party spokesperson says policy has ‘clear benefits for securing jobs and energy independence’Reform UK has promised to reverse the government’s ban on fresh North Sea oil and gas drilling as a “day one” priority if elected to power, with the taxpayer taking a stake in the projects.Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, has met with senior UK oil executives in recent weeks to pledge the party’s support for the industry, which has been hit hard by the government’s windfall tax and moves to block fresh North Sea exploration licences. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Reform UK's new mayors take centre stage: Nigel Farage's troops join other regional leaders for talks with Angela Rayner... as Deputy PM warns 'you have to deliver'

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, the Greater Lincolnshire mayor, and Luke Campbell, the Hull and East Yorkshire mayor, both attended the meeting alongside 12 other mayors.

Events

12 h. ago Victor Osimhen 'frustrated' at Man United as club ready for £46m transfer

Manchester United are on the lookout for a striker in the upcoming summer transfer window and Victor Osimhen is expected to be available

Economics

13 h. ago Bangladesh stares at crisis as interim leader ‘threatens to quit’ over lack of reform progress

Muhammad Yunus ‘feels trapped between demands from political camps and growing public impatience’

Events

13 h. ago 'My family is at war and they are ganging up on me and my daughter'

Coleen Nolan advises a frustrated mum who has a difficult relationship with her mother and brother, and she is now feeling ostracised from the rest of the family

Events

15 h. ago Good Morning Britain halts live broadcast for major breaking news update

Good Morning Britain halted Friday's show for breaking news regarding household energy bills, as viewers voiced their frustration online

Politics

16 h. ago The 10 councils left with no overall control after local elections

Gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats saw some councils left under no overall control

Politics

17 h. ago Furious Netanyahu tells Keir Starmer 'when rapists and baby killers thank you, you're on the wrong side of humanity' as he tears into UK PM for 'siding with Hamas over Israel'

The Netanyahu government faces mounting pressure from both allies and domestic voters over its conduct in the war in Gaza

Events

18 h. ago Skunk Anansie’s Skin: ‘We got slated when we were booked to headline Glastonbury’

Pioneering rock artist was the subject of a racist, homophobic and misogynistic backlash when her band were booked to top the Pyramid Stage, but says they used it as fuel for their fire when they performed in 1999

Politics

18 h. ago Man, 57, arrested over vile racist graffiti after police investigate 'multiple reports'

Police have issued an update

Events

18 h. ago ‘Declining’ is the most common word associated with Britain, damning poll shows

Exclusive: Seven in 10 voters feel ignored by politicians, fuelling the rise of Reform UK, a report by an influential group of Labour backers warns

Politics

21 h. ago Fear Street: Prom Queen review – disappointing Netflix teen slasher

After a surprisingly effective trilogy of horrors based on the RL Stine novels, a return to the throwback franchise is a frustratingly inert letdownThe Fear Street trilogy was one of the many casualties of the cinema-shuttering Covid pandemic, originally scheduled for an ambitious one-film-a-month summer release by Fox before being offloaded to Netflix. But while it was a little disappointing to see horror films made with such unusual cinematic flair released straight-to-smartphone, it was also a wise business decision, the unorthodox original strategy unlikely to have paid off.Based on the series of books by teen favourite RL Stine, the three films set up an exciting, expansive world, shifting between the 1660s to the 1970s to the 1990s, gliding from teen slasher to queer romance to supernatural fantasy and within a genre that typically fails to win critics over, they were surprise successes (each boasts a Rotten Tomatoes rating over 80%). It was a rousing win for writer-director L...

Politics

26 h. ago MPs demand ‘root and branch reform’ of Criminal Cases Review Commission and call for chief to step down

The justice committee has warned the watchdog’s leadership has shown ‘has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes’

Events

28 h. ago Campaigners urge judge to block new restrictions to getting measures on Florida’s ballot

Attorneys for groups trying to ballot measures before Florida voters next year say their First Amendment rights are being infringed on every day that a new state law remains on the books

Events

30 h. ago Bob MacIntyre makes strong start in US glory hunt as fellow Scot Ewan Ferguson flies the flag in Belgium

Tartan stars make solid openings to bids for success as MacIntyre looks to recover from frustrating PGA Championship last weekend

Politics