Wes Streeting has said NHS waiting lists need to fall by millions before the next general election. The health secretary vowed to return the health service to its “constitutional standards” by the end of Labour’s first term in office, allowing A&E patients to be seen within four hours and ensuringContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the US backed Britain’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel, after reports the move had angered Britain’s closest ally. The prime minister said Washington “understands the decision we have taken” and was told about the move in advance. He was quizzed about Britain’sContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of breaking the NHS in a way that is “unforgivable” as the government prepares to publish a damning report on the state of the health service. The prime minister said the Tories began draining money from the NHS after coming to power inContinue Reading
In a disarmingly personal interview, Sir Tony Blair discloses how his desire for political power was triggered by the early trauma of his father having a stroke and the death of his mother. Speaking to Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, the former prime minister said his ambition to gainContinue Reading
Former prime minister Tony Blair discusses his new book On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century in a wide-ranging interview with The Independent’s editor-in-chief, Geordie Greig. Touching upon his experience of power and leadership, Blair spoke of meeting and trying to work with the likes of Vladimir Putin on theContinue Reading
Green deputy leader Zack Polanski has vowed to stand against the far-right and “tell the truth” about immigration and racism. In a conference speech weeks after riots erupted across the UK in the wake of false claims about the murder of three girls at a dance class in Southport, MrContinue Reading
The woman made Britain’s youngest peer by Boris Johnson has a plum new job at an environmental consultancy chaired by the former prime minister, The Independent can reveal. Charlotte Owen, now Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge after entering the House of Lords at the age of 30, has been appointedContinue Reading
The prison population in England and Wales has reached a new record high as a scheme to house UK prisoners in Estonia to solve Britain’s jail overcrowding crisis has been branded half-baked and unworkable. Official figures showed there were 88,521 people behind bars on Friday, 171 more than the previousContinue Reading
Germany could use asylum facilities in Rwanda originally intended for the UK’s aborted migration scheme, reports from Berlin have suggested. The country’s migration commissioner, Joachim Stamp, has suggested the EU could utilise existing asylum accommodation in the east African country, originally destined for migrants deported from Britain under the now-scrappedContinue Reading
Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay has opened the party’s conference with an attack on the “lacklustre offers and U-turns” of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Kicking off the left-wing party’s campaign against Labour for next year’s local elections, Mr Ramsay painted the Greens as “an inspiring alternative to business as usual”.Continue Reading
