5 h. ago Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former

Senior Labour figures said friends of the Deputy Prime Minister invited them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'.

Politics

5 h. ago Farage ‘backs scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payments’

His Reform UK party is riding high in the opinion polls.

Politics

5 h. ago MI5 probes Putin link to Starmer arson blitz: Spy chiefs investigate claim that Kremlin ordered attacks over UK support for Ukraine

Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Kremlin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions.

Events

6 h. ago Winter fuel payment 'could be restored to all but richest pensioners'

Keir Starmer promised to ensure 'more pensioners are eligible for the winter fuel payment after bowing to intense pressure to abandon the decision to strip it from millions of OAPs

Economics

9 h. ago 'Russians may be involved in arson attacks at properties linked to Keir Starmer'

Police are said to be keeping an "open mind" to the possibility of Russian involvement in several arson attacks made on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Events

9 h. ago Monaco Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch F1 live and weather forecast

Home favourite Charles Leclerc pipped to pole position by Lando Norris on the streets of the principality

Society

9 h. ago Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop behind-the-scenes talks over how to change leader within the Labour Party, asThe Independent’s political David Maddox found out

Politics

13 h. ago Officials probe possible Russian link to Starmer arson attacks in north London

Senior Whitehall figures want to know whether Moscow could have recruited three Ukrainian-born men

Politics

14 h. ago Starmer faces major revolt over benefit cuts as frontbenchers ‘poised to quit’ over reforms

A rebellion on this scale would be a significant knock to the prime minister’s authority and represent wider disquiet about the direction of the government

Politics

14 h. ago F1 live streams: Link to watch Monaco Grand Prix qualifying online

Sky Sports and Channel 4 broadcast coverage of Formula 1 in the United Kingdom

Sport

14 h. ago Some Tories privately support PM’s stance on Israel and Gaza, Conservative says

Mark Pritchard, MP for the Wrekin, said he believed Sir Keir Starmer was on the ‘right side of history’.

Politics

16 h. ago Starmer faces major revolt over benefits cuts as frontbenchers ‘poised to quit’ over reforms

A rebellion of this scale would be a significant knock to the prime minister’s authority and represent wider disquiet with the direction of the government

Politics

16 h. ago 'Russian links to Starmer arson attacks' are probed by Government after three charged over alleged plot to set fire to two homes and car linked to PM

Government officials are investigating possible Russian links to the arson attacks at properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer , it has been claimed.

Events

17 h. ago First Minister admits that Wales 'won't get all the money' she wants from Keir Starmer

Eluned Morgan has asked people in Wales to be 'patient' following meeting with the Prime Minister

Politics

19 h. ago Gay Pakistani asylum seeker pleads with Keir Starmer to let him stay in the UK because he'll be forced to marry a woman if he goes back to his home country

Ali Raza Nasir insists he came to the UK to study but when he visited Soho in central London and met other gay people he knew that Britain was where he needed to settle.

Events

21 h. ago How to watch Northampton vs Bordeaux for FREE: TV channel and live stream for Champions Cup final today

The showpiece finale of European rugby returns to Cardiff

Sport

21 h. ago 'Keir Starmer has got it wrong – here's why we're not an island of strangers'

Real Britain reports on All Souls church, which closed in 1986, became a magnet for anti-social behaviour, until community worker Inayat Omarji decided to try to do something about it

Politics

22 h. ago How to watch Women's Champions League final: TV channel and live stream for Arsenal vs Barcelona today

Gunners face the all-conquering Barca in Lisbon tonight

Sport

22 h. ago How to watch Aberdeen vs Celtic: TV channel and live stream for Scottish Cup final

Celtic are chasing a treble but 2025 has been the year of the underdogs

Sport

22 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urged to oppose 'dangerous' Donald Trump demand to U

Donald Trump has told Keir Starmer to abandon his renewable energy strategy and ramp up North Sea oil and gas production.

Politics