The Independent - November 01, 2024

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November 01, 2024

Chancellor admits working people will pay for tax hikes

Rachel Reeves has admitted her tax-grabbing Budget will hit the pay packets of working people as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused her of undermining trust in politicians.

4 mins

Starmer is accused of lying to farmers with 'tractor tax'

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about wanting “a new relationship” with them after the Budget extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history.

4 mins

Head of value for money office to earn £950 a day

The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950.

1 min

Fuel duty freeze is 10 times the cost of £2 bus fare cap

Keeping the £2 bus fare cap in England would only have cost a tenth of the money the government spent on freezing fuel duty, a leading think tank has said.

2 mins

Has The Chancellor Made An Enemy Of Britain's Farmers?

Although farming only accounts for about 2 per cent of UK GDP, the role of farmers as custodians of the countryside and providers of food means agriculture assumes a disproportionate place in the national discourse.

3 mins

Patients Sent By NHS To A Hospital Facing Abuse Claims

Vulnerable adult patients have been sent by the NHS to a private hospital after it closed its children’s service just weeks ago following abuse allegations, The Independent can reveal.

2 mins

My daughter was a 'crime scene', says mother of girl stabbed 36 times by her ex

The heartbroken mother of a 15-year-old girl who was murdered by her obsessed ex-boyfriend said she was unable to touch her in hospital because “my daughter was a crime scene”.

2 mins

Hundreds come forward over Fayed abuse claims.

Lawyers investigating alleged sexual abuse by Mohamed alFayed revealed yesterday they have been contacted by more than 420 people, and warned any parties seeking to avoid liability: “We are coming for you.”

4 mins

Philanthropists give £150k to Independent campaign as donation budget doubles

An extraordinarily generous donation has been made to The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign from a trust renamed in honour of Julia Rausing, the wife of Tetra Pak heir and philanthropist Hans Rausing, who died earlier this year.

2 mins

CCTV of Sara's family at Heathrow shown to court

CCTV footage of Sara Sharif’s family at Heathrow airport in the hours before the schoolgirl was found dead at their home was shown yesterday at her murder trial.

2 mins

Family plea for IPP prisoner after he set himself alight

A prisoner who set himself alight in his cell after serving 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an indefinite jail term is still fighting to be moved to a hospital.

3 mins

Government investments 'help fund factory farming'

More than £116m of UK taxpayers’ money has been used to fund “cruel and damaging” factory farms abroad in the past five years, analysis has found.

3 mins

Valencia Declared A 'Disaster Zone' As Spanish Flash Floods Leave More Than 150 Dead

Weather warnings are in force across swathes of Spain as further storms approach on the heels of devastating flooding, which has claimed at least 158 lives – making it the country’s worst natural disaster in living memory.

2 mins

'I've lost my home. There's nothing left - just mud'

After three days without aid, flood victims look to rebuild

2 mins

'Cold drop of the century' reason for floods in Spain

Climate change is worsening weather system, experts say

2 mins

Trump sues CBS News for $10bn over Harris interview

As judge says Musk can continue with election cash giveaway

3 mins

The president is scaring Democrats this Halloween

One of the lesser-known duties of reporters assigned to the White House beat is to spend one day per month in the presidential pool.

3 mins

Instagram And Facebook See Uplift From Increased AI Use

Facebook and Instagram users have significantly increased their screen time since a new AI-driven algorithm was introduced, according to the apps' parent company Meta.

1 min

There was a big loser in the Budget... the private sector that will have to pay for it all

In Rachel Reeves’s Budget, there was one huge winner.

3 mins

Fernandes can recover his spark under Amorim's wing

It seems somewhat foolish to suggest there is more to come from the player who has created more chances than anyone else in the Premier League since he arrived on our shores.

2 mins

Fifa accused of contributing to 'serious' rights abuses

Fifa’s flawed structure has contributed to “a wide range of social harms, not least very serious and systematic human rights abuses”, a major new report by activist group FairSquare has concluded.

3 mins

'There's nothing nice about me, I'm not a nice person'

Mike Tyson, once known as 'the baddest man on the planet', talks to The Independent ahead of his fight with Jake Paul

5 mins

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