Mahmood introduces radical reforms to asylum system including clampdown on modern slavery claims

The home secretary is trying to make it harder for asylum seekers to fight their deportation over links to family in the UK

Avon and Somerset Police began investigating a man in his 60s in December 2024

As a defence minister admits Starmer only told Burnham about a £5bn black hole in the Defence Investment Plan at the last minute, the prime minister-in-waiting is under pressure not to balance the books by cutting welfare

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is set to be released from jail this week and cannot be deported

The National Education Union is ‘considering all options’ following the announcement that schools will need to partially fund teacher pay rises

Migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in the first half of the year fell sharply compared with the same period in 2025

Animal protection charity OneKind said the move will ‘spare countless animals from suffering’

Earlier this year, the National Education Union said it would launch a formal ballot for strike action if the government failed to make a fully funded, above-inflation pay offer

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that targeted energy support could come in the autumn

Temperatures surged past the previous June record on three consecutive days last week

Recorder Donald Tait has been given a warning for misconduct

Those in the queue can expect a nine-hour long wait for tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry

Examples of campaigns include paid ads with influencers

Tim Montgomerie defected to Reform UK in 2024 after 33 years in the Conservative Party

Adding tree shade brought down temperatures by 12C on concrete and 9C on grass

One of boys has been made ‘pariah’ and his family has been advised to leave their home, the Court of Appeal heard

Detectives have launched a fresh public appeal for information and released new CCTV images of him in the days before he was found

A yellow heat health alert has been issued across parts of the country from Saturday to Wednesday

Lawyers for the retailer admitted the company was facing an £8 million shortfall this week if a judge did not sanction the plans

Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’

The two people on board, who have not been formally identified, both died

Its pubs are infamous for banning mobile phones and TVs

Andy Burnham is under pressure to get a grip on soaring energy bills if he enters office. Here, The Independent looks at the options available to him, and whether or not they might work.

Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’

Lorraine Hunter rudely ended conversations when she got fed up

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed a continuing fall in the number of fatalities caused by work-related incidents

Andy Burnham is bringing Downing Street to Manchester. The landmark plans for a Northern government hub were announced in Burnham’s speech on 29 June, in which he said that “No 10 North will be at the centre of a rewired Britain.”

The gull may have been injured last August and survived ever since

James Holder was jailed for eight years in May for the ‘despicable piece of sexual violence’

Its pubs are infamous for banning mobile phones and TVs