The PM is under pressure to raise several difficult subjects, including China’s espionage activity, when he meets with President Xi Jinping on Thursday

Old Oak Common will be the London terminus for HS2 services when they start because of delays in developing Euston station

IPP prisoner Luke Ings, who served more than 18 years after he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonalds aged just 17, is among cases which will be reviewed by judges

Simple and inexpensive changes can make a big difference to bills across the cold winter

Lennox Gardens is one of the most exclusive garden squares in London

Our community can see why regional cities like Liverpool are winning over newcomers as London becomes tiring, expensive, and harder to put down roots in

Somerset Council said there had been ‘extensive flooding overnight’ with a further 99 flood warnings in place on Wednesday

Former deputy PM was speaking before Andy Burnham’s pathway back to parliament was blocked

Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election is ‘Greens vs Reform’

A major incident has been declared in Somerset

The Hamburg Declaration signed by Ed Miliband was described as ‘historic’ by the Department for Energy Security ad Net Zero

The cast of Hamnet met Queen Camilla ahead of a special screening, just hours after the film received a record-breaking number of Bafta nominations.

Two million toads have been helped across British roads since Froglife started collecting records in 1974

Energy prices have eased since the height of the energy crisis in 2022-23 but pressure is still on the Government to tackle high bills

Pornhub’s parent company said it will “no longer participate in the failed system that has been created in the United Kingdom” as a result of the Online Safety Act’s introduction

Storm Chandra has led to several parts of the country setting new January daily rainfall records

The proposals would make the system clearer, fairer and more transparent for owners

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the modules will take less than 20 minutes to complete

Hobbycraft has recalled the product Giant Box of Crafts after tests found asbestos in a ‘limited number of samples’

The skilled worker visa sponsorship scheme at the heart of the investigation was set up in 2020 when Boris Johnson was prime minister

With the support of our readers, the charity has officially launched SafeCall, a new lifeline designed to reach the 72,000 children who disappear in the UK every year

The independent report was into councillors who were members of the WhatsApp group, which led to former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne being suspended from the party before leaving parliament

The prime minister’s trip to Beijing has prompted concerns over security risks

Government climbdown, first revealed by The Independent, comes after warnings that changes in the autumn Budget would lead to mass closures, as one pub a day has shut its doors since Keir Starmer took office

Senior Labour figures have called for unity as a growing number of MPs express concern over the decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor from standing in a by-election

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced every pub in England will get 15 per cent off its business rates bill

Those not in education, employment or training (Neets) should expect to find themselves drafted into war work in a long conflict, a new report by MPs and a former senior adviser to Nato warns

Dean Juric, 54, was handed a suspended sentence after being found with hundreds of indecent images on his phone

The Independent’s Bel Trew tells parliament’s International Development Select Committee that our call to protect funding could have a big impact in ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030

Reform UK announce candidate in highly anticipated Gorton and Denton by-election

Edward Cornes was found dead in a hotel room in King’s Cross, with the Met Police accused of a series of investigation failures

Her mother remarked ‘a part of me died’ on the day she lost her daughter

Jacob Calland died following the crash in Wythenshawe, Manchester, in March last year

McDonald Noel died in 2018, leaving a substantial fortune unclaimed

DigDat, whose real name is Nathan Tokosi, was convicted of attempted murder and firearms offences

Shabana Mahmood admits that ‘relatively small numbers’ of migrants have been deported from or brought into the UK through the one in, one out scheme with France

Heavy rain from Storm Chandra wreaked havoc on a cafe in Devon, which was overcome with floodwater after a nearby river burst its banks.

The confession is reminiscent of when Theresa May confessed that she had run through ‘fields of wheat’ as a child

The 41-year-old, from Lambeth, London, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on February 27 to face one count of sexual assault

Recent polling in the northern constituency puts Nigel Farage’s party ahead

Jane Johnson believes social media damaged her son’s health - she told The Independent why she supports a ban for under-16s

The Met said it is ‘incredible’ for a serving officer to claim they should not have been asked to attend police stations

The bin is believed to have washed into the sea during Hurricane Sally in September 2020

Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and speculation about a leadership challenge at home – leaves the prime min...

Idris Elba was caught going 28mph in a 20mph zone on his BMW moped

Jennifer Chapman, the minister of state for international development and Africa, says the UK will still work with organisations that have ‘proved themselves effective’

Duchy of Lancaster claimed it is exempt from cleaning up the site, due to an ancient feudal law

Our community sees the Burnham by-election row and Suella Braverman’s defection as the latest symptoms of Britain’s broken politics, warning that Labour is increasingly mirroring the Conservatives it once opposed

Last year over £500m was lost due to licence fee evasion

Evoke stated it has acted to mitigate the financial blow from the November Budget

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the technology is ‘a really big opportunity’ and there is ‘no true liberty’ if people are scared of crime.