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If there is, truly, a two-tier system in this country then it is right here in women's health, writes Victoria Richards www.independent.co.uk/voices/mater...
I went into labour surrounded by cockroaches: The truth about UK maternity wards
If there is, truly, a two-tier system in this country then it is right here in women's health, writes Victoria Richards
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December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If there is, truly, a two-tier system in this country then it is right here in women's health, writes Victoria Richards www.independent.co.uk/voices/mater...
A smart new livery for Britain’s trains can’t make up for the legacy of the Beeching cuts, cancelled plans for line expansion – and the fact that Britain is too skint to do much about it, says Sean O'Grady www.independent.co.uk/voices/great...
I boycotted the railways for 20 years – nationalisation won’t save them
The inconvenient truth is that many people hardly ever use the train, says Sean O’Grady. A smart new livery for Britain’s trains can’t make up for the legacy of the Beeching cuts, cancelled plans for ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A smart new livery for Britain’s trains can’t make up for the legacy of the Beeching cuts, cancelled plans for line expansion – and the fact that Britain is too skint to do much about it, says Sean O'Grady www.independent.co.uk/voices/great...
The changing habits of the TikTok generation pose the same sort of threat to Netflix as it did to traditional broadcasters — and that was before Trump and Paramount threw spanners into the works, writes James Moore www.independent.co.uk/voices/netfl...
Netflix has three huge new problems with its Warner Bros takeover
The changing habits of the TikTok generation pose the same sort of threat to Netflix as it did to traditional broadcasters — and that was before Trump and Paramount threw spanners into the works, writ...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The changing habits of the TikTok generation pose the same sort of threat to Netflix as it did to traditional broadcasters — and that was before Trump and Paramount threw spanners into the works, writes James Moore www.independent.co.uk/voices/netfl...
Editorial: As America recoils from its commitments to Western allies, the embattled Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the only question that matters – how ready is this ‘coalition of the willing’ to truly stand up and be counted against Moscow? www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Will Europe fight for Ukraine?
Editorial: As America recoils from its commitments to Western allies, the embattled Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the only question that matters – how ready is this ‘coalition of the willing’ to truly ...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Editorial: As America recoils from its commitments to Western allies, the embattled Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the only question that matters – how ready is this ‘coalition of the willing’ to truly stand up and be counted against Moscow? www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Waiting for permission guarantees continued Russian aggression, writes the former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill. Europe needs a nation willing to spearhead a hybrid war against Putin and Russia and it is up to Britain to lead www.independent.co.uk/voices/russi...
Putin must be hit with every trick in Britain’s book
Waiting for permission guarantees continued Russian aggression, writes the former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill. Europe needs a nation willing to spearhead a hybrid war against Putin and Russia and i...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Waiting for permission guarantees continued Russian aggression, writes the former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill. Europe needs a nation willing to spearhead a hybrid war against Putin and Russia and it is up to Britain to lead www.independent.co.uk/voices/russi...
As jubilant Syrians mark a year of freedom from the Assad regime, Middle East minister @mphamishfalconer.bsky.social writes that it is in all our interests for the new government to thrive – and to give our support to help build a stable and flourishing Syria
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One year on from the fall of Assad, the UK wants Syria to stand up for itself
As jubilant Syrians mark a year of freedom from the Assad regime, Middle East minister Hamish Falconer writes that it is in all our interests for the new government to thrive – and to give our support...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As jubilant Syrians mark a year of freedom from the Assad regime, Middle East minister @mphamishfalconer.bsky.social writes that it is in all our interests for the new government to thrive – and to give our support to help build a stable and flourishing Syria
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With Reform’s election spending under review and three men responsible for three-quarters of the party’s £30m donations since 2019, Chris Blackhurst asks who exactly is paying the way for Reform UK www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...
Dark money is flooding Nigel Farage’s push for power – and it might be his undoing
With Reform’s election spending under review and three men responsible for three-quarters of the party’s £30m donations since 2019, Chris Blackhurst asks who exactly is paying the way for Reform UK
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
With Reform’s election spending under review and three men responsible for three-quarters of the party’s £30m donations since 2019, Chris Blackhurst asks who exactly is paying the way for Reform UK www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...
The Independent View: There is still a way European leaders can help achieve a positive outcome for Ukraine www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
There is still a way European leaders can help achieve a positive outcome for Ukraine
Editorial: Donald Trump wants to build bridges with Russia, but Europe must assert its interests as well
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December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Independent View: There is still a way European leaders can help achieve a positive outcome for Ukraine www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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 indulging the country’s traditional friends, writes Sean O'Grady www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
Donald Trump is cashing in on 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...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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 indulging the country’s traditional friends, writes Sean O'Grady www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...
We may hanker after the rivalries and aggression of old, writes Jack Burke, but it’s clear that new F1 champion Lando Norris marks the start of a new age where sporting excellence doesn’t require you to cut your emotions off www.independent.co.uk/voices/lando...
Why ‘soft boys’ like Lando Norris are running rings around ageing alpha males
We may hanker after the rivalries and aggression of old, writes Jack Burke, but it’s clear that new F1 champion Lando Norris marks the start of a new age where sporting excellence doesn’t require you ...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We may hanker after the rivalries and aggression of old, writes Jack Burke, but it’s clear that new F1 champion Lando Norris marks the start of a new age where sporting excellence doesn’t require you to cut your emotions off www.independent.co.uk/voices/lando...
I’m with Meghan – no one should lecture you on how to deal with a dying parent | Hannah Betts www.independent.co.uk/voices/megha...
I’m with Meghan – no one should lecture you on how to deal with a dying parent
I was excommunicated by my mother for a decade, says Hannah Betts, and we were only reconciled shortly before she died. With the Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father gravely ill in intensive care, it ...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m with Meghan – no one should lecture you on how to deal with a dying parent | Hannah Betts www.independent.co.uk/voices/megha...
The busyness of shops in December has set Frieda Hughes’ brain to thoughts of wanting less, although perhaps what’s needed is a change of direction www.independent.co.uk/voices/fried...
All I want for Christmas is... a tractor across two parking spaces
The busyness of shops in December has set Frieda Hughes’ brain to thoughts of wanting less, although perhaps what’s needed is a change of direction
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December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The busyness of shops in December has set Frieda Hughes’ brain to thoughts of wanting less, although perhaps what’s needed is a change of direction www.independent.co.uk/voices/fried...
At the current pace, it will take at least a decade for the 2,400 prisoners on IPP sentences to be freed, despite some having already served up to 22 times their original minimum tariff. The government must do more – and remedy the injustice www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
It is scarcely believable that so many in Britain are in detention indefinitely
Editorial: At the current pace, it will take at least a decade for the 2,400 prisoners on IPP sentences to be freed, despite some having already served up to 22 times their original minimum tariff. Th...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
At the current pace, it will take at least a decade for the 2,400 prisoners on IPP sentences to be freed, despite some having already served up to 22 times their original minimum tariff. The government must do more – and remedy the injustice www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Make no mistake, says @billbrowder.bsky.social, Vladimir Putin is indeed an ‘active threat’ to the public, from the trenches of Ukraine to the streets of Salisbury to my life and to yours. Fail to stop him now and he will strike again and again www.independent.co.uk/voices/vladi...
I have spent years waiting for Putin’s assassins to come for me
Make no mistake, says Bill Browder, Vladimir Putin is indeed an ‘active threat’ to the public, from the trenches of Ukraine to the streets of Salisbury to my life and to yours. Fail to stop him now an...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Make no mistake, says @billbrowder.bsky.social, Vladimir Putin is indeed an ‘active threat’ to the public, from the trenches of Ukraine to the streets of Salisbury to my life and to yours. Fail to stop him now and he will strike again and again www.independent.co.uk/voices/vladi...
As Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and ‘Big Five’ Eurovision backer Spain say they will boycott the song contest due to Israel’s ongoing participation, @pabloohana.bsky.social explains why the BBC and the UK must follow suit www.independent.co.uk/voices/eurov...
I’m a fan, but it’s time the UK pulled out of Eurovision
As Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and ‘Big Five’ Eurovision backer Spain say they will boycott the song contest due to Israel’s ongoing participation, Pablo O’Hana explains why the BBC and the UK...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and ‘Big Five’ Eurovision backer Spain say they will boycott the song contest due to Israel’s ongoing participation, @pabloohana.bsky.social explains why the BBC and the UK must follow suit www.independent.co.uk/voices/eurov...
Labour’s Child Poverty Strategy, which Bridget Phillipson unveils today, will help lift 350,000 young people out of poverty – but there is much more that can be done to eradicate child poverty for good, says Laurie Lee, CEO of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation www.independent.co.uk/voices/child...
Lifting the two-child benefit cap is a good start – but the government can go further
Labour’s Child Poverty Strategy, which Bridget Phillipson will unveil in the Commons today, will help lift 350,000 young people out of poverty – but there is much more that can be done to eradicate ch...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Labour’s Child Poverty Strategy, which Bridget Phillipson unveils today, will help lift 350,000 young people out of poverty – but there is much more that can be done to eradicate child poverty for good, says Laurie Lee, CEO of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation www.independent.co.uk/voices/child...
Dear Vix: Everything in my life seems to have gone wrong at once www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Dear Vix: Everything in my life seems to have gone wrong at once
The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email [email protected] for advice on love, work, family and relationships
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December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Dear Vix: Everything in my life seems to have gone wrong at once www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
The nation’s flag carrier has blamed the budget for its latest penny-pinching on air miles and rewards but it still adds up to the unpleasant reality that flying has become a thoroughly miserable experience, writes James Moore www.independent.co.uk/independentp...
Would it kill BA to butter us up rather than battering our air miles?
The nation’s flag carrier has blamed the budget for its latest penny-pinching on air miles and rewards but it still adds up to the unpleasant reality that flying has become a thoroughly miserable expe...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The nation’s flag carrier has blamed the budget for its latest penny-pinching on air miles and rewards but it still adds up to the unpleasant reality that flying has become a thoroughly miserable experience, writes James Moore www.independent.co.uk/independentp...
Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review into ADHD and autism assessments is another example of his missing the point, writes Kat Brown www.independent.co.uk/voices/wes-s...
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
The health secretary’s announcement of a review into ADHD and autism assessments is another example of his missing the point, writes Kat Brown. Post-Covid Britain is on its knees, and its young people...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review into ADHD and autism assessments is another example of his missing the point, writes Kat Brown www.independent.co.uk/voices/wes-s...
‘A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself’ – something that seems to have been forgotten in deciding to ban trans girls from Girlguiding. There are many risks to women and girls, writes proud Brownie parent Molly Rowan, but children aren’t one of them www.independent.co.uk/voices/girlg...
Those who back banning trans girls from Girlguiding need to look at Brownie Law
...which clearly states: ‘A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself’ – something that seems to have been forgotten in making the decision to ban trans girls from Girlguiding. There are many risk...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
‘A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself’ – something that seems to have been forgotten in deciding to ban trans girls from Girlguiding. There are many risks to women and girls, writes proud Brownie parent Molly Rowan, but children aren’t one of them www.independent.co.uk/voices/girlg...
By entertaining a Ukrainian peace deal whose miserable terms not even a desperate US president could accept – before then promptly abandoning it – Moscow is stalling for time. The coalition of the willing must put more pressure on the faltering Russian economy www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Once again, Vladimir Putin indicates he wants the war in Europe to go on
Editorial: By entertaining a Ukrainian peace deal whose miserable terms not even a desperate US president could accept – before then promptly abandoning it – Moscow is stalling for time. The coalition...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
By entertaining a Ukrainian peace deal whose miserable terms not even a desperate US president could accept – before then promptly abandoning it – Moscow is stalling for time. The coalition of the willing must put more pressure on the faltering Russian economy www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The United States has said it wants to sell weapons to the EU, not back it up – that alone will have Moscow licking its lips, says Mark Almond www.independent.co.uk/voices/europ...
Why a war with Europe has never looked so tempting to Putin
The United States has said it wants to sell weapons to the EU, not back it up – that alone will have Moscow licking its lips, says Mark Almond
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December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The United States has said it wants to sell weapons to the EU, not back it up – that alone will have Moscow licking its lips, says Mark Almond www.independent.co.uk/voices/europ...
Can anything save our posties from the same fate as the Danes, who are shutting their letter-sending operation? Answers on a postcard, please, says James Moore www.independent.co.uk/voices/denma...
I'm a resident doctor on strike - this is what will fix the NHS
Dr Andrew Meyerson, an A&E doctor in London, explains why he has joined the resident doctor strikes this week
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December 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Can anything save our posties from the same fate as the Danes, who are shutting their letter-sending operation? Answers on a postcard, please, says James Moore www.independent.co.uk/voices/denma...
The whizzy ride-sharing company allowed thousands like me to live without a £500-a-month gas-guzzler and save a fortune, so losing the service is a disaster for me, says Jonathan Margolis. But I’m well aware that it had some enemies www.independent.co.uk/voices/zipca...
Who will mourn my beloved Zipcar?
The whizzy ride-sharing company allowed thousands like me to live without a £500-a-month gas-guzzler and save a fortune, so losing the service is a disaster for me, says Jonathan Margolis. But I’m wel...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The whizzy ride-sharing company allowed thousands like me to live without a £500-a-month gas-guzzler and save a fortune, so losing the service is a disaster for me, says Jonathan Margolis. But I’m well aware that it had some enemies www.independent.co.uk/voices/zipca...
The Independent View: The lord chancellor is right to adopt urgent measures to tackle a court backlog that is ruining lives and depriving so many of justice – but even if it takes years, the general presumption of a basic right to trial by jury must be restored www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The jury is still out on David Lammy’s ‘swift court’ reforms
Editorial: The lord chancellor is right to adopt urgent measures to tackle a court backlog that is ruining lives and depriving so many of justice – but even if it takes years, the general presumption ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Independent View: The lord chancellor is right to adopt urgent measures to tackle a court backlog that is ruining lives and depriving so many of justice – but even if it takes years, the general presumption of a basic right to trial by jury must be restored www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...