Makerfield by-election result live: Burnham faces anxious wait over securing path back to Westminster

Reform UK worries over losing support to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which may split the right-wing vote

A roundabout in Kidwelly is currently closed with emergency services at the scene

The pilot scheme sees Channel migrants returned to France in exchange for other asylum seekers

A decade on from Britain voting to leave the EU, Alex Ross and Albert Toth explore the impact of the result that divided the UK

The film sparked controversy over claims the wartime leader used ‘wilful’ mass starvation as part of the Bengal famine

Angus MacDonald said that he had no memory of the incident

The PM’s likely successor has not signed up to the Defence Investment Plan

Sir Keir Starmer will push through his defence plan despite resigning on Monday

Voters do not have to have a say on a change of prime minister. But could a bounce in the polls and the chance to catch Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on the hop convince the country’s next leader to risk it?

Sir Keir Starmer took a deferential approach to dealing with Donald Trump, but political editor David Maddox explains why Andy Burnham might not follow suit

The barn owl and kestrel was found along with the hares outside a village shop with blood smeared on the window

The body of teenager Lilly was discovered in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday evening

The Reform UK leader is being investigated by the Commons sleaze watchdog for failing to declare the donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne

With temperatures forecast to reach 38C and classrooms expected to become uncomfortably hot, we're asking readers whether schools should be allowed to close during extreme heatwaves or remain open with extra safeguards in place

Houses rose in value after Brexit - but economic growth stalled. How much of each was down to leaving the EU?

‘If anyone does ask, you took them yourself,’ Joshua Sharp told one of the recipients

At a special preview screening for The Independent’s new documentary ‘Hunted: Kidnapped, blackmailed and tortured for being LGBTQ+’ the vital nature of funding to protect safe spaces for vulnerable communities was laid bare

Only a small minority of 18 to 28-year-olds – who were unable to vote in the referendum ten years ago – believe the UK should stay out of the bloc

Peter Murrell was silent and impassive as police grilled him on his “outrageous” spending on pens and other items that he bought with more than £400,000 embezzled from the Scottish National Party.

Exclusive: Refugee status in the UK is now temporary with the right to asylum under review every 30 months

Emergency services were called to Southbourne beach in Dorset on Monday afternoon to attend to the incident

Both former defence minister Al Carns and Sir Keir Starmer’s chief secretary Darren Jones have not ruled out a leadership bid

At a special preview screening for The Independent’s new documentary ‘Hunted: Kidnapped, blackmailed and tortured for being LGBTQ+’ the vital nature of funding to protect safe spaces for vulnerable communities was laid bare

Accountant James Dinsdale married his two wives five years apart in Las Vegas

‘One way or another, our interests will always remain closely tied up with our closest geographical neighbours’, Nick Clegg argued

Peter Murrell was led away from court in handcuffs after he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party.

Three names dominate discussions about who would be Burnham’s chancellor if he becomes prime minister – but there could still be a surprise candidate

Former husband of Nicola Sturgeon sentenced to more than five years behind bars after making extravagant purchases with party funds

Ten years ago today, on 23 June 2016, the UK narrowly voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that sent shockwaves across Britain and the rest of Europe.

The Independent relives the EU referendum night 10 years ago – from the moment the polls closed to the dawning realisation that the Leave campaign had won