British Politics

To dismiss ADHD while offering no supporting evidence is small-minded and overlooks Britain’s leading role in understanding the condition

The SNP are using a new referendum as a wedge issue in their fight against Labour

Ten years since its annexation, Putin’s miscalculations have put the status of Crimea in doubt again

And 17% of those who backed Boris Johnson now say we should rejoin the bloc

How the Tories’ new deputy chairman is a symbol of the party’s bizarre transformation

The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave

The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes

If Reeves’ analysis is correct, her securonomics will eventually pay for itself

A cash crisis and post-Brexit changes mean another blow for the UK’s youth sector

I’ve spent time with refugees in French coastal camps where they've told me the policy hasn't put them off the journey

The Independent has signed the Daily Express’s political editor, noted for his entertaining predictions

The outgoing Taoiseach ran rings around Boris Johnson as he made peace a priority

Pensioners who have benefited greatly from the triple lock should not get more at everyone else’s expense

Marchers for a return to the EU are to descend on the Mersey city

British under-30s are some of the unhappiest in Europe – where have they got that from?

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at George Galloway, David Maddox, Lee Anderson and more

Penny Mordaunt was back on the Conservative front bench days after she was placed at the centre of a plot

Crippling rent rises are fuelling calls to abolish landlords. But this so-called ‘easy fix’ must be resisted

If anyone’s “plan” is working, it’s the Bank of England’s

Tom Baldwin’s biography of the Labour leader suggests we will see a return to serious politics if Starmer makes it to No 10

The government is causing its own descent into the abyss. How low can Sunak and his cronies stoop?

The Labour leader’s plan for a fairer country where the government is trustworthy and delivers public services is one we can all get behind

Labour’s proposal to give citizens more say in how the country is run was quickly shot down by critics. But is it the future of democracy?

There is an easy way to stop scandals over political donors – by getting rid of them altogether

Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit

As a new series of HIGNFY approaches, its comedy is now preaching to the converted, and feels toothless in an age of virtue signalling but no virtue.

James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate

The Tories’ response to Frank Hester’s racist comments must signal a turning point for the country

The change of heart is said to have stuck in the craw of editor-in-chief Paul Dacre

Keir Starmer believes a defence agreement will open up more possibilities. But how quickly?

Not even the prime minister knows when he’ll put the country out of its misery