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Journalist, Associate Editor at the Independent
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Trumpâs military threats risk sabotaging Iranâs moment of change
Editorial: There is a danger that US intervention now could unite the regime, fracture the opposition, derail the uprising and repeat the Westâs worst mistakes
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about 15 hours ago
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Regime change in Iran would be welcome
Editorial: Iranâs unremittingly harsh leadership faces one of the most serious challenges to its theocratic rule since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. After weeks of nationwide protests,...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/iran-protests-regime-ayatollah-russia-collapse-b2897648.html
about 19 hours ago
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Regime change in Iran would be welcome
Editorial: Iranâs unremittingly harsh leadership faces one of the most serious challenges to its theocratic rule since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. After weeks of nationwide protests,...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/iran-protests-regime-ayatollah-russia-collapse-b2897648.html
2 days ago
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The ICE killing takes America a step closer to George Orwellâs nightmare
The Trump administrationâs reaction to the fatal shooting of Renee Good is another dark chapter in its rewriting of history â and has disturbing echoes of the dystopian world of âNineteen Eighty-Fourâ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ice-raids-trump-presidency-minneapolis-killing-renee-nicole-good-b2896829.html
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Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism. One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him. New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
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âGo back homeâ: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
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4 days ago
Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief
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Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief
Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief
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Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief
Exclusive: The chancellor is set for another major U-turn after coming under pressure from Labour MPs
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4 days ago
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Megaphone diplomacy with Donald Trump only makes things worse for Greenland
Editorial: The United States does not need a 51st state to defend Natoâs interests. But as the president considers taking the vast Arctic territory by force, his allies must dissuade him from doing so...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trump-greenland-nato-invasion-minerals-denmark-arctic-b2896118.html
5 days ago
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What if Trumpâs not bluffing about invading that big, beautiful island in the Arctic?
Donald Trump's play for Greenland has all the hallmarks of a Mafia shakedown â to frighten Europe into a sweetheart deal with the prospect of Nato's collapse. So how can the allies fight back, asks Se...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-greenland-invade-nato-us-europe-b2895985.html
5 days ago
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6 days ago
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The January 6th Insurrection Didn't Fail, it Just Took Five Years
Boy, do I feel like an idiot.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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The people of Venezuela are exchanging one old tyrant for another
Vowing to ârunâ a country is an extraordinary and dangerous break from the platform on which Donald Trump was elected, says Sean OâGrady
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8 days ago
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The people of Venezuela are exchanging one old tyrant for another
Vowing to ârunâ a country is an extraordinary and dangerous break from the platform on which Donald Trump was elected, says Sean OâGrady
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/venezuela-trump-maduro-attack-run-country-b2894025.html
8 days ago
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Why Starmer doesnât need advice. He needs results.
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Keir Starmerâs promise to deliver should have brought results by now
Editorial: The embattled prime minister is much more clear-eyed about the scale of the task ahead of him than many believe â but knowing what to do is not the same as getting on and doing it
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-starmer-delivery-paul-ovenden-chris-powell-b2893553.html
9 days ago
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Trumpâs biggest blunder yet
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The people of Venezuela are exchanging one old tyrant for another
Vowing to ârunâ a country is an extraordinary and dangerous break from the platform on which Donald Trump was elected, says Sean OâGrady â this geopolitical gangsterism shows the only international la...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/venezuela-trump-maduro-attack-run-country-b2894025.html
9 days ago
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Donald Trump is wrong - Zelensky does have some cards he can use to save his nation
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Zelensky still has cards to play in Trumpâs Ukraine poker game
Editorial: As Trump talks peace deals and Putin digs in, Zelensky is playing a subtler game. His proposal for a referendum on Ukraineâs borders could reshape the negotiations â and expose who is reall...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-referendum-putin-us-politics-b2890944.html#comments-area
16 days ago
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After Bondi, donât hunt for an âenemy withinâ â honour the hero who stood up
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After Bondi, donât hunt for an âenemy withinâ â honour the hero who stood up
The heroic actions of Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Syrian-born bystander who bravely wrestled a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers, are a reminder that we still have far more in common with each other t...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bondi-beach-attack-ahmed-al-muslim-bystander-b2884692.html
26 days ago
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It is time to wake up to a chilling truth â America has switched sides
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It is time to wake up to a chilling truth â America has switched sides
The president has this week shown such disregard and contempt for âweakâ European allies that it is now beyond doubt what his ambition for the continent really amounts to â a desire to inflict Trumpis...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/america-trump-uk-europe-ukraine-russia-b2881846.html
about 1 month ago
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It is time to wake up to a chilling truth â America has switched sides
The president has this week shown such disregard and contempt for âweakâ European allies that it is now beyond doubt what his ambition for the continent really amounts to â a desire to inflict Trumpis...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/america-trump-uk-europe-ukraine-russia-b2881846.html
about 1 month ago
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Every woman should feel safe in an NHS maternity ward
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Every woman should feel safe in an NHS maternity ward
Editorial: The staggering shortcomings in care for mothers at hospitals and failure to implement recommendations to correct them have resulted in lives lost and ruined â the health secretary could def...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/nhs-maternity-national-review-baroness-amos-b2881072.html
about 1 month ago
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I boycotted the railways for 20 years â nationalisation wonât save them
The inconvenient truth is that many people hardly ever use the train, says Sean OâGrady. A smart new livery for Britainâs trains canât make up for the legacy of the Beeching cuts, cancelled plans for ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/great-british-railways-nationalisation-trains-b2880785.html
about 1 month ago
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Donald Trump is selling out his allies while he still has time
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Donald Trump is selling out his allies while he still has time
The most transactional president in US history, now nearly 80, knows he is running out of road in his second term and has realised there is more to gain by hiking the price of Pax Americana than by in...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-ukraine-peace-deal-europe-america-b2880101.html
about 1 month ago
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama is extraordinary study in resilience
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama is extraordinary study in resilience
Narges Rashidi is brilliant at conveying the silent trauma that pervades this BBC drama series
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/prisoner-951-bbc-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-b2870796.html
about 1 month ago
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A return to Budget âpurdahâ would be no bad thing for Labour
Editorial: Reeves is no liar, but Labour should never have made that untenable tax pledge in their manifesto
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-taxes-budget-labour-kemi-badenoch-b2875188.html
about 1 month ago
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The biggest risk Andreas Whittam Smith ever took was co-founding The Independent
A risk-taking and highly principled journalist, Whittam Smith helped fund Britainâs first new broadsheet newspaper in more than a century â before successfully stewarding the Church of England through...
https://www.independent.co.uk/obituaries/andreas-whittam-smith-independent-editor-death-obit-b2710185.html
about 1 month ago
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This Budget will squeeze working people until it hurts
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This Budget will squeeze working people until it hurts
Editorial: Make no mistake, this was a traditional Labour âtax and spendâ budget of the kind not seen since before the days of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown â and while it will please the party, for man...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/budget-working-people-middle-class-tax-hike-b2873122.html
about 2 months ago
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OBR leak brings Rachel Reevesâs hopelessly sloppy Budget to a fittingly messy end
Even Liz Truss didnât botch the running of her Budget this badly â but Labourâs panicked lurch back to the left could also ensure that Reeves and her government stay around for longer than expected, w...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rachel-reeves-obr-leak-budget-2025-tax-rises-b2872869.html
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Reeves to hit 100,000 high-value properties with mansion tax in Budget
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Reeves to hit 100,000 high-value properties with mansion tax in Budget
Reeves to hit 100,000 high-value properties with mansion tax in Budget
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Prisoner 951 tells the harrowing story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffeâs abduction
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Prisoner 951 tells the harrowing story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffeâs abduction
Narges Rashidi is brilliant at conveying the silent trauma that pervades this BBC drama series
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/prisoner-951-bbc-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-b2870796.html
about 2 months ago
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Why Donald Trump canât win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Sorry, Donald, but there is no Nobel Peace Prize for appeasement
The craven plan being cynically cooked up by Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart to carve up Ukraine is no peace deal, writes Sean OâGrady. The Nobel committee shouldnât even dream of tapping up...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ukraine-witkoff-dmitriev-plan-appeasement-trump-putin-b2869065.html
about 2 months ago
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Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid
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Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid
Editorial: The Covid inquiryâs conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of B...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/covid-inquiry-michael-gove-boris-johnson-lockdown-failures-hallett-b2869993.html
about 2 months ago
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This shameful Covid report leaves no way back for Boris Johnson
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This shameful Covid report leaves no way back for Boris Johnson
Editorial: That 23,000 people in England alone lost their lives because of the dithering of the former leader is a fitting â and awful â denouement to the political career of a man who was never up to...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/boris-johnson-covid-inquiry-shameful-b2869382.html
about 2 months ago
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Sorry, Donald, but there is no Nobel Peace Prize for appeasement
The craven plan being cynically cooked up by Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart to carve up Ukraine is no peace deal, writes Sean OâGrady. The Nobel committee shouldnât even dream of tapping up...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ukraine-witkoff-dmitriev-plan-appeasement-trump-putin-b2869065.html
about 2 months ago
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The casual cruelty of the MoDâs Afghanistan cover-up is now clear for all to see
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The casual cruelty of the MoDâs Afghanistan cover-up is now clear for all to see
Editorial: The damning findings of parliament's most powerful select committee show a toxic cycle of failures that put our alliesâ lives at risk â even as bureaucrats tried to keep their mistakes a se...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/ministry-of-defence-afghanistan-data-leak-cover-up-b2864687.html
about 2 months ago
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Are the latest Epstein revelations the beginning of Magaâs end?
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Are the latest Epstein revelations the beginning of Magaâs end?
Despite being named in newly released emails from the convicted paedophile, Trump insists he has no case to answer â and that is starting to fracture his base, says Sean OâGrady
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/latest-epstein-emails-beginning-end-trump-maga-b2864588.html
about 2 months ago
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Why is Rachel Reeves considering lifting the two-child benefit cap?
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Why is Rachel Reeves considering lifting the two-child benefit cap?
Voters are split over the issue but removing one of the last planks of austerity would give Labour something to cheer about in an otherwise grim Budget, says Sean OâGrady
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/budget-two-child-benefit-cap-rachel-reeves-b2864040.html
2 months ago
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Itâs coup season â can the PM survive this nasty new strain of the sniffles?
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Itâs coup season â can the PM survive this nasty new strain of the sniffles?
Labour is once more showing its formidable talent for self-destruction, prompting Sean O'Grady to wonder if there are any potential cures that Keir Starmer and his troubled MPs can reach for
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coup-keir-starmer-labour-leadership-bbc-tim-davie-king-charles-prince-andrew-b2863678.html
2 months ago
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This BBC crisis is about more than one stupid error â to be saved it must be reformed
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This BBC crisis is about more than one stupid error â to be saved it must be reformed
Editorial: The state broadcaster has been struggling for years with its coverage of the most sensitive subjects, and bold changes must be made if it is to be rescued from its own worst instincts
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/bbc-reform-error-panorama-tim-davie-b2863098.html
2 months ago
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Donald Trumpâs $1bn lawsuit wonât finish the BBC off â but Nigel Farage might
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Donald Trumpâs $1bn lawsuit wonât finish the BBC off â but Nigel Farage might
As the US president contemplates suing the corporation over âPanoramaâ, the Reform UK leader is already dancing on its grave. Both men share an ideological project that would thrive on the broadcaster...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-trump-farage-legal-sue-closing-b2862217.html
2 months ago
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Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one
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Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one
Editorial: Starmerâs government has been busy emulating the âchaos and confusionâ that characterised the final days of the last Conservative administration, ahead of a Budget that will be profoundly d...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/starmer-reeves-lammy-nandy-labour-budget-b2860974.html
2 months ago
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Why itâs not too soon for Angela Rayner to write a memoir
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Why itâs not too soon for Rayner to write a memoir
She may not have been in Downing Street for long but, with lots of voter appeal and plenty still to say, the former deputy prime minister is right to get writing, says Sean OâGrady
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/angela-rayner-memoir-book-politics-b2861069.html
2 months ago
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Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars (with reservations)
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Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars
Tesla shareholders have put the worldâs richest man on the superhighway to being our first trillionaire â and it could be a breakthrough moment for all of mankind, says Sean OâGrady
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-musk-trillion-dollars-pay-deal-tesla-b2860782.html
2 months ago
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Why Reeves could impose pay-per-mile Budget tax on electric cars
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Why Reeves could impose pay-per-mile Budget tax on electric cars
Fuel duty on petrol vehicles has been frozen for so long that the Treasury has set its sights on electric cars instead, as Sean OâGrady explains
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/pay-per-mile-tax-electric-vehicles-budget-fuel-duty-b2860260.html
2 months ago
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David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position
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David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position
Editorial: Forgetting to wear a poppy to his first appearance leading PMQs now looks like the least of the justice ministerâs problems. His lack of candour with the Commons about yet another foreign-n...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/david-lammy-prisoner-release-pmq-ministerial-code-b2860063.html
2 months ago
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Is there anything Robert Jenrick wonât do to get attention?
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Is there anything Robert Jenrick wonât do to get attention?
As the shadow justice secretary and rumoured Tory leadership hopeful turned the airwaves blue on ITVâs âGood Morning Britainâ, his potty-mouthed outburst looked like another wheeze with which to yank ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/robert-jenrick-attention-stunt-good-morning-kate-garraway-b2859825.html
2 months ago
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You donât need a masterâs degree to see Britain depends on foreign students
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You donât need a masterâs degree to see Britain depends on foreign students
Editorial: The governmentâs effort to drive down the number on student visas coming to study in this country is misguided and self-defeating â it will do untold damage to our universities and communit...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/foreign-students-university-visa-overstay-b2859232.html
2 months ago
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What can the former John Lewis boss tell us about âsick note Britainâ?
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What can the former John Lewis boss tell us about âsick note Britainâ?
Charlie Mayfield has some ideas for reducing the ÂŁ85bn lost every year through workplace sickness. Sean OâGrady asks if he can get Britain back to work
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/charlie-mayfield-review-sick-notes-employers-workers-b2859390.html
2 months ago
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The Z factor: Why New York Zohran and Green Zack need to be taken seriously
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The Z factor: Why New York Zohran and Green Zack need to be taken seriously
Progressive Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoral election is not just 'Trump's worst nightmare', it's a wake-up call for Labour and Reform â they need to watch out for Zack Polanski and hi...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohran-mamdani-zack-polanski-greens-left-socialist-b2858999.html
2 months ago
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Forget alarm-clock Britain â Reeves was talking to the bankers
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Forget alarm-clock Britain â Reeves was talking to the bankers
For an address broadcast live to the nation, this was a speech aimed at the Square Mile â but how will the markets respond to the prospect of tax hikes and the call that âwe will all have to contribut...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rachel-reeves-budget-tax-rise-city-markets-economy-b2858161.html
2 months ago
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