It comes just days after Robert Jenrick quit the Tories to join Nigel Farage’s ranks, launching a blistering attack on his former party

Seven high-profile names are taking legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited

Global growth is projected at 3.3% in 2026 and 3.2% in 2027

Sir Keir Starmer’s time in office has been characterised by a string of humiliating U-turns

The Duke of Sussex is joined by Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish and actress Liz Hurley in taking legal action

The Alan Partridge actor says Nigel Farage’s party are ‘anti-human rights because they think it’s some red tape bureaucracy’

Andrew Rosindell has followed Robert Jenrick in defecting to Reform UK

Kerry Middleton went on to be diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND)

MPs warned children are ‘anxious’ and ‘unhappy’ as they called for a blanket ban on social media for under-16s

High-stakes court battle between Prince Harry and the Daily Mail publishers could cost millions

The average price tag on a home jumped by 2.8 per cent or nearly £10,000 in January

Influential meeting takes place as Europe scrambles to respond to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats

Exporters of medicine, pharmaceutical products, cars and machinery are set to bear the brunt of Trump’s tariff rage

The total number of billionaires in the world has now reached 3,000 for the first time ever, while nearly half of the world’s population lives in poverty, the report says

The prime minister will face questions on the government’s approach to dealing with the increasingly volatile US administration in the wake of Donald Trump’s fresh tariff threats

The Metropolitan Police says the pilot in Croydon has so far led to 103 arrests

Comments come after US president threatened to slap fresh tariffs on UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

Ministers have promised to decide on planning permission by 20 January amid mounting concern over the security implications

Financial markets could collapse if the American government confirms the existence of alien life

Australian government banned social media use for under-16s last year

As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign hits its target of £165,000 alongside Missing People, it heard from those who witnessed the charity’s modest beginnings

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