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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:56:01 GMT
Pandora papers: Tory donor Mohamed Amersi ‘involved in £162m corruption scandal’
Rishi Sunak says HMRC will inspect ‘Pandora papers’ as details of offshore deals emerge

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:55:34 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out more tax hikes ahead of speech at Tory conference
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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:54:21 GMT
Insulate Britain activists block three major routes into London including Blackwall Tunnel
About 50 demonstrators are involved

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:43:04 GMT
Petrol shortages – live: Army drivers start delivering to petrol stations as Sunak says situation ‘improving’
Follow the latest updates on the petrol crisis

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:17:09 GMT
‘Vulgar and sexist’ WhatsApp texts ignored by bosses, says ex Met detective
Both Priti Patel and Cressida Dick ignored the warning, a former Met detective has said

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:05:14 GMT
Conservative conference: Rishi Sunak declines to rule out further tax hikes
Chancellor says it wouldn’t be ‘right for me to pre-empt’ local government finance settlement

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:03:55 GMT
Brexit minister says ‘British Renaissance has begun’ as nation hit by petrol and food shortages
‘Long bad dream’ of EU membership over, Lord Frost to say as country faces prospect of empty shelves in run-up to Christmas

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:21:07 GMT
Pandora Papers: Tony and Cherie Blair avoided paying £312,000 in tax on London property by acquiring offshore firm
Deal meant couple did not pay stamp duty on London townhouse bought in 2017 as an office for Ms Blair’s legal advisory firm

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:57:19 GMT
Petrol shortage: Military tankers begin delivering fuel in bid to ease supply crisis
About 200 military personnel have hit the road under Operation Escalin to deliver fuel to forecourts across the country

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:54:59 GMT
Merseyside Labour MPs accuse Keir Starmer of ‘betrayal’ over article in The Sun newspaper
Labour leader has previously said he would not give interview to newspaper

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 01:12:52 GMT
Sunak pledges £500m to help people back into work after Covid
Some of funding will be used to help workers leaving furlough scheme into jobs

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:41:12 GMT
David Carrick: Serving Met Police officer charged with rape
The PC, 46, is due to appear in court on Monday

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:26:57 GMT
‘This is not the time’: Tory MPs urge Boris Johnson to delay £6bn benefit cuts
Loss of £20 a week will mean hardship and hunger as prices soar, PM is warned

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:35:33 GMT
Proposed law would make HRT free on prescription for women
NHS prescriptions for therapy are already free in Scotland and Wales but Labour MP Carolyn Harris is campaigning for the charges to be dropped in England

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:09:30 GMT
Boris Johnson tells business leaders it is their responsibility to prevent Christmas food shortages
Prime minister rejects pleas for visas to stock festive shelves – insisting that the ‘government can’t step in and fix the supply chain’

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:48:50 GMT
London Marathon: 80,000 runners take part in ‘moment of joy’ as race returns from two-year Covid gap
Junior doctor from Leeds becomes fastest British runner on his first ever marathon

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:22:55 GMT
Albania angrily denies deal with ‘anti-immigration’ Britain to process Channel migrants
Olta Xhacka branded the reports ‘fake news’ and said Albania will ‘never be a hub of anti-immigration policies’

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:09:51 GMT
Sarah Everard: All police officers should be ‘re-vetted’ says former Met chief superintendent
‘It needs to be done now as an urgent measure to reassure the public and rebuild trust,’ says Parm Sandhu

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:44:59 GMT
Police locate owner of severed finger found on street
Hampshire Police said the man had ‘wandered off’ after his digit was ripped from his hand as he scaled a fence

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:39:06 GMT
Boris Johnson refuses public inquiry into Everard case, but says he will ‘stop at nothing’ to prosecute rapists
Women should trust police, says prime minister

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:25:30 GMT
UK government says it is not responsible for preventing Christmas shortages
Free market Conservative Liz Truss says UK is not a ‘command economy’

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 16:20:28 GMT
Tories pledge six-month prison sentences for climate activists blocking roads
Climate crisis far scarier than ‘punishments threatened by government’ says Insulate Britain

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:55:20 GMT
Children to plant 17,000 oak trees to create Glasgow woodland ahead of Cop26 climate summit
The site is the first woodland of its size to be planted in Glasgow in generations

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:38:00 GMT
UK weather: The latest Met Office forecast
Watch the latest UK weather forecast from the Independent for today.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:37:43 GMT
Burnham forced to back Starmer after allies ‘give Labour leader 12 months to reverse party fortunes’
Manchester mayor insists he has made ‘strongly supportive statements about Keir’

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:13:10 GMT
Boris Johnson admits he has known of lorry driver shortage for ‘long, long, long’ time
Prime minister accepts disruption could continue to Christmas

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:07:50 GMT
Girl, 15, dies of Covid on day she was due to get vaccine
Jorja Halliday’s mother hailed her as ‘a loving girl’ after she died of the virus

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:40:26 GMT
‘Are the new paving stones it?’: Red wall waits for levelling up it fears will never come
Millions have been spent on small-scale beautifying of northern towns but, ahead of a government white paper on its flagship agenda, voters in Scunthorpe wonder if anything will really change. Colin Drury reports

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:24:53 GMT
Johnson eyes post-COVID economy as UK Conservatives meet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he's ready to take “bold decisions” to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus pandemic

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:10:33 GMT
‘A tale of triumph and tragedy’: Calls for black Victorian circus owner to be included in national curriculum
Norwich-born Pablo Fanque was unrivalled showman who put on some of era’s grandest spectacles, but died near penniless

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:14:22 GMT
We’ll make sure people have turkeys at Christmas, says Tory chairman
Festive dinners will be spared worst impact of supply crisis, Oliver Dowden insists

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:36:09 GMT
‘Inappropriate’ to stop £20 cut to Universal Credit, says Boris Johnson
PM declines to rule out tax rises, saying only he will do without them ‘if I can possibly avoid it’



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