Independent

Use of NHS app will ‘free up phone line’ for elderly lacking tech skills

What the NHS reforms mean for you – as Labour unveils changes to GPs and hospitals

Man’s body recovered from floodwater in North Yorkshire

Keir Starmer torpedoes Elon Musk over ‘lies’ about grooming gangs

Taxi driver jailed for social media posts inciting Southport riots

All the places at risk of flooding as severe weather warnings are issued across UK

Justin Welby lays down archbishop’s staff as CoE urged to undergo ‘complete reform’

Dover Bishop warns giving money to France to tackle small boats is ‘killing people’

Labour apologises for explicit song use in TikTok video

New Budget blow for Starmer as retailers warn of price hikes and job cuts

Labour to crack down on deepfakes and sharing of illicit intimate images

Man charged with sending malicious communications to Labour MP Jess Phillips

Who is Rupert Lowe? From hated football boss to Musk’s Reform favourite

New snow warnings as cold snap causes travel chaos, school closures and flooding

The cheapest supermarket of 2024 has been named – and it’s not Lidl

Gordon Brown hits back at Elon Musk’s ‘complete fabrication’ over grooming gangs

Yvette Cooper says professionals will be forced to report child abuse

What the London Stock Exchange exodus could mean for Britain

Snow mapped: Where freezing weather and flooding will hit UK this week

35% of young adults ‘are concerned about their finances on a daily basis’

Chair of child sex abuse inquiry denounces Musk over grooming gangs

Why are people calling for a review of grooming gangs cover ups?

Musk and Starmer: A history of their relationship from summer riots to grooming gangs

Man accused of stalking Shirley Ballas for six years

‘Very real crisis’ in foster care as charity issues warning over fall in applications

Stamp duty changes ‘will motivate’ first time buyer boom in early 2025, lender says

Starmer warned NHS overhaul will not work without fixing staff shortage

Winter fuel payment: Government savings from changes falling fast, analysis claims

Full list of school closures across UK as snow and ice warnings issued

A British aristocrat fell to his death – now his son is searching for answers

Princess Beatrice to join Rachel Reeves at 2025 World Economic Forum

Tory ministers opened £1,500 bottle of cognac in last days of Sunak government

Council wants to ban estate agents putting up ‘for sale’ signs

Starmer backs minister over corruption probe as standards watchdog investigates

Far-right leader pledges to ‘govern Austria honestly’ and makes demands of potential partner

Snow warning for London as UK braces for -20C: Weather live

DWP paid half a billion pounds to dead pensioners, figures reveal

Farage says he hopes to ‘mend’ relations with Musk at Trump’s inauguration

Starmer suffers record ratings slump as Musk’s conspiracy barrage continues: Live

Urgent search and rescue operation for two Britons missing in the Dolomites

Royal Society of Literature in chaos over free speech rows

Nigel Farage paid £189,000 to be brand ambassador for gold company

Mark Carney: Failed to stop Brexit but hopes to save Canada from populism

Badenoch urged to sack Jenrick over ‘immigrants with alien cultures’ comments

Should Starmer worry about Elon Musk’s attacks on his government?

UK food sales to EU slump by a fifth after Brexit, minister reveals

Elon Musk says Reform needs new leader and Nigel Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’

County lines gangs ‘offering lip filler and botox’ to lure girls into drug trade

90% of schools hit by crumbling concrete scandal have not had RAAC removed

Voters will thank Labour for scrapping winter fuel payments, Wes Streeting claims

Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88

Farage says ‘free speech is back’ as he defends Elon Musk’s attacks on Starmer

UK weather live: Airports close runways as snow and freezing rain hits Britain

Streeting vows NHS App upgrade will slash waiting times and give patients more choice

Man dies after falling 70m from Lake District ridge

Pensioner arrested after man in his 70s found dead in flat

What is freezing rain and why is it dangerous?

UK braced for power cuts amid heavy snow and freezing rain

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage

How winter fuel payments are changing – and other support available for pensioners

King ‘deeply saddened’ after stepson of children’s nanny killed in New Orleans attack

Farage distances himself from Tommy Robinson after Elon Musk backs far-right activist

Trump jokes about fat coyotes needing weight-loss drugs in call with Starmer

The 7/7 bombings: How London’s darkest day unfolded, minute by minute

Met Police officer pleads guilty to causing death by careless driving

Far-right Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says she is ‘in tune’ with Keir Starmer

Huge endangered shark washes up on British beach

GPs to send patients for hospital tests avoiding consultants to cut NHS waiting lists

Why is Elon Musk attacking Keir Starmer over grooming gang scandal?

Readers name their priorities for Labour’s government in 2025 – from NHS to economy

Amber weather warnings issued as child dies in car crash in -7C freeze

RSPCA warns that salt and antifreeze kill pets – as snow and ice forecast

UK weather live: Snow warnings upgraded to amber as up to 40cm forecast

Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Stalker in Spider-Man mask leaving unwanted parcels on victim’s doorstep

Streeting says pensioners should ‘layer up’ after millions lost winter fuel payment

Trump attacks Starmer over decision to ditch North Sea oil

Hacker who sold unreleased Coldplay and Shawn Mendes songs on dark web spared jail

Business confidence at lowest level since Liz Truss’s mini-Budget, new survey shows

January 2025 dates for benefits and pensions as DWP to launch disability consultation

‘Incredible’ influencer and fiance found dead in Vietnamese villa after engagement

Father who set himself alight on indefinite IPP jail term refused hospital care

Elon Musk claims King should dissolve Parliament in fresh attack on Starmer

You can be fined thousands for breaking these snow driving rules

Can and should you walk your dogs in the snow and freezing temperatures?

Where does gritters’ salt come from? The secret behind what’s spread on frozen roads

Sara Sharif’s father has ‘throat slashed with tuna tin’ by HMP Belmarsh inmates

Met Office weather warnings issued for tonight as snow blast hits UK: live

Tax and pay hikes to see firms pay £2,300 more per low-wage worker this year

Slow progress on National Care Service ‘source of profound regret’

Memorial to late Queen could include AI or augmented reality, say organisers

Nick Clegg leaves top Facebook job after ‘adventure of a lifetime’

Clegg leaves Meta role as Republican promoted ahead of Trump presidency

Twenty councillors quit Labour accusing Starmer of abandoning party values

Ofgem energy price cap sees bills rise for millions – what you need to know

Tories demand inquiry into grooming gangs scandal as Elon Musk attacks Starmer

What are the new laws and policies coming into effect in 2025?

How much will bills go up in 2025 – and when?

Warning of deaths from icy blast as Age UK slates winter benefit cut