Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The president of the Cop26 climate summit has attacked plans to open a coal mine in Cumbria, arguing it is not needed and won’t create many jobs. Alok Sharma – who was sacked by Rishi […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Closing a loophole in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies could reduce millions of families’ energy bills by £336 a year, new research shared with The Independent has found. Ending the tax relief […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss took a “Spinal Tap approach” to running the country, says a former aide during her disastrous premiership – to make as much noise as possible whatever the risks. […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A government minister sacked after allegations of “inappropriate behaviour” at the Conservative conference had no case the answer, the party says. Conor Burns has now accused his own party of […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A Conservative MP who declared “God save the King of Bahrain” during a speech received at least £10,000 worth of hospitality and travel from the country’s rulers, The Independent has […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A world-first trial in which people in an Austrian town were guaranteed a job has “eliminated” long-term unemployment there. The pilot programme designed by Oxford University economists for the Lower […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Labour has accused the government of “cheating small businesses out of opportunities” after new research revealed that they win only a 10 per cent share of the public sector contracts […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak to reveal what he and senior Tories knew about claims of rape and sexual assault made against one of his backbench MPs. Labour’s Jess […] More
