For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The FTSE 100 edged higher on Tuesday as investors digested government defence spending plans inContinue Reading
The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter Join the debate with our pro-Europe newsletter The government’s long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has finally been published, after months of wrangling over the issue and multiple ministerialContinue Reading
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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Paul Flack, the brother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack, has died, six years after the former Love IslandContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email As the world prepares to commemorate this coming Saturday’s 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, new historical and archaeologicalContinue Reading
Zak Brown has shut down rumours that Max Verstappen is McLaren-bound amid speculation the four-time Formula One world champion is set to leave Red Bull. Verstappen has endured an up-and-down season so far and even hinted at quitting F1 altogether following the regulation changes for 2026. Verstappen has enjoyed someContinue Reading
Barclays has taken long-term control of its global headquarters at Canary Wharf in a £750m deal that the lender and its landlord have hailed as a “strong endorsement” of the Docklands district and of the capital itself. The FTSE 100 bank has agreed a long-term leasehold interest with Canary WharfContinue Reading
WhatsApp is preparing to let its users start conversations without handing over the one piece of information most of us would rather keep to ourselves: our mobile number. Instead, the Meta-owned messaging service will allow people to connect by exchanging unique usernames, a change that brings the world’s most-used chatContinue Reading
UK Export Finance has fired the largest single shot in its century-long history, setting aside a fresh £50 billion to bankroll British defence exports at a moment when the world is rearming faster than at any time since the Cold War. The new Defence Export Fund takes the government’s exportContinue Reading
A year into the job, Britain’s Small Business Commissioner is about to be handed real teeth, and she intends to use them. Emma Jones CBE has marked her first anniversary as the UK’s Small Business Commissioner, capping twelve months of hard campaigning on behalf of the country’s 5.5 million smallContinue Reading
