Politics daily briefing: May 3
All the latest political updates from the UK, as Boris Johnson will salute the resistance of Ukrainians in an address to the parliament in Kyiv.
The situation emerged as a safeguarding review was published following the murders of the six-year-old and 16-month-old Star Hobson.
In my childhood memories my mum is hitching up her sari to snip a cutting from a stranger’s garden, or watching Gardeners World. Now crocuses, tulips and daisies are my portal to her, writes Chitra Ramaswamy
Take a look at the key points from Sue Gray's final report on lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.
The Chancellor is expected to set out support funded by a windfall tax to help the most vulnerable in society hit by the cost of living crisis
<strong>Exclusive:</strong> New polling shared with The Independent finds that more than 60 per cent of the public support one-off levy
Frustrated travellers will likely face long queues and more cancellations at Schiphol airport in the coming week.
A day after an 18-year-old gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, US President Joe Biden said he is "sick and tired" of failures to address gun violence. He also said he and first lady Jill Biden were planning to visit Texas in the coming days.
People are missing out on immigration status they are entitled to because of shortfall, says report’s author
Body of Kane Edwards found in River Tawe in Swansea
Emma Raducanu has crashed out of the French Open in three sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich but
The MP's Standards Committee are also calling for lobbying rules to be tightened so MPs can't take part in proceedings that would benefit someone they are receiving money from. The Chair of the committee Chris Bryant has called the new measures "robust" and says they will "uphold and strengthen" standards in parliament. The report comes after the case of former MP Owen Paterson, which triggered a row over MPs second jobs.
Campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice said they have been treated like ‘dirt’ and ‘an inconvenience’.
Activist and campaigner who worked to help people with mental health difficulties organise and advocate for change
THE girl guides, the skate park and a 60-year service to Pembrokeshire rail were all celebrated in the young laurel and award of merit this year.
Emergency works in Shore Road originally planned for two days will now last for two weeks.
The investigation analysed events which took place between May 20 2020 and April 16 2021 in Whitehall.
Offshore Energies UK, which represents the offshore oil and gas industry, said the tax would undermine investor confidence.
Empty playgrounds, lonely dogs and a constant backdrop of shelling fill the otherwise ghostly towns of Soledar and Bakhmut, located in the besieged Ukrainian east. The only movement is people boarding a bus -- storing their suitcases in the hold and preparing to flee.
Since Moscow captured Kherson in early March, information on what is happening there has been hard to come by. AFP journalists joined a press trip organised by the Russian Defence Ministry to find a region relatively untouched by the fighting - yet 'apprehensive' about the future.
The superstar footballer revealed in a candid interview his struggles in the game - opening up about his battle with mental health. .