Ministers defend stripping the payments from 10 million pensioners claiming it has allowed Labour to invest in the NHS

Exclusive: After disastrous local elections, many Tory MPs have concluded that Badenoch cannot lead them into the next general election

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen others are in strong contention

Peter Navarro has launched a furious attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s relationship with China but sources close to the Trump administration have told The Independent that he is a ‘dangerous influence on the president’

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers

The Commons leader has apologised after suggesting on BBC ‘Any Questions?’ that raising concerns over Asian grooming gangs was ‘dog whistle’ politics

The Tory leader was speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg after devastating local elections results, which left one pollster warning she only has 12 months to save her party

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen others are in strong contention

A row has broken out over the £59.6m of healthcare cost savings identified in the government impact assessment for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation

Exclusive: Curtice warns that Starmer’s failings have opened the door for Reform, while fellow pollster Luke Tryl suggests the Tories only have 12 months to turn things around

Dame Andrea Jenkyns has doubled down on Farage’s pledge to sack diversity officers in Lincolnshire but the county council has revealed it does not employ any

Reform swept up this year’s local elections, winning 677 seats across all contested councils. While the Lib Dems also saw success, the Tories and Labour faced devastating defeats

Reform takes control of 10 councils, snatches dramatic victory in Runcorn by-election and wins two mayoral contests

Exclusive: Senior Tories plan to ask Robert Jenrick to make a bid to become Tory leader

From swearing at protesters outside Downing Street to becoming the mayor of Lincolnshire in an election where opponents claimed she was not qualified to stand, Dame Andrea Jenkyns has had a career of controversy and drama like few others, says The Independent’s political editor David Maddox

Reform snatched a dramatic victory in the Runcorn by-election, beating Labour by six votes

Reform swept up this year’s local elections, winning 677 seats across all contested councils. While the Lib Dems also saw success, the Tories and Labour faced devastating defeats

Nigel Farage’s Reform overturns Labour majority of nearly 15,000 votes in Runcorn and Helsby by-election

The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains how we can judge whether each party has succeeded or failed in the elections on 1 May with help from renowned pollster Lord Hayward

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen others are in strong contention

Voters casting ballots in 23 local authorities and six mayoral contests across England

Exclusive: The legal opinion obtained by a campaign group opposed to assisted dying comes as the government is expected to publish its impact assessment for Kim Leadbeater’s legislation

Voters casting ballots in 23 local authorities and six mayoral contests across England

Sharon Graham’s attack came as Sir Tony Blair clarified his criticism of Labour’s net zero policies