Articles from September 2025

The government is weighing up digital ID cards to curb illegal migration and fraud – but critics warn they could create a surveillance state

Ahead of the TUC congress next week, general secretary Paul Nowak has spoken to The Independent about why Keir Starmer’s government needs to introduce ‘popular’ wealth taxes in the Budget to combat Farage and Reform

Prime minister reportedly fears he will hand a ‘scalp’ to critics by sacking his deputy

The deputy PM admits she underpaid up to £40,000 in stamp duty on second home but denies she dodged tax, as PM backs her

The government’s welfare reforms were formally passed into law on Wednesday

Working parents of children between nine months and four years old are now eligible for the full 30 hours

Only one in 10 (9 per cent) blind people confident walking in their own neighbourhood because of e-bikes and e-scooters

As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a free press

Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry’s death

Sources tell The Independent the chancellor favours raising capital gains tax and introducing a gambling levy