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In today’s newsletter: With diversity initiatives being rolled back, institutions are retreating from past commitments. Has Britain abandoned promises made in the wake of 2020?

Catherine Chidgey’s ninth novel, The Book of Guilt, has been hotly anticipated. Following the critical and commercial success of her last two novels, it was the subject of a bidding war between UK publishers. The Book of Guilt is also now the first of her books to be released in…

House price data was analysed for the Lloyds Coastal Homes Review.

Salcombe in Devon, with its galleries and boutiques, is second on the Lloyds list

A private train operator servicing parts of southern England, including London, on Sunday became the first to be returned to public ownership under a government plan to renationalise Britain's much-maligned railways.

Flight U25521 declared an emergency while flying over the south coast of Britain

All services run by private companies will be renationalised as contracts reach the end of their minimum terms.

The move signals a shift in UK rail policy

Services previously run by South Western Railway (SWR) became the first to be brought under public control by the Labour Government on Sunday.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As many as 2,000 Afghan special forces soldiers have been wrongly refused sanctuary in the UK

Sir Anthony Seldon warns ‘democracy is frail’