The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Farage

Well! Emily Maitlis versus Rupert Lowe yesterday was quite the encounter. On the one side, a tweedy, grey-haired bloke of 67 representing Great Yarmouth (not the bit of Norfolk that London grandees frequent), on the other the incarnation of the Metropolitan Elite, formerly of the BBC, Emily M, looking marvellously…

Keir Starmer and several top Labour figures were noticeably absent from a key vote on their own flagship immigration plan.

Westminster has become fearful of a fickle and vindictive electorate. There’s value in that, but it’s also holding back our politics, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The prime minister said ‘you’re getting way ahead of me’ when asked whether he would fight the next election

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is treading a fine line on UK-EU relations as hard-right populists make gains at a time when Brexit and immigration remain toxic issues in Britain.

Labour’s bruising losses in the local elections, down 187 councillors have triggered a wave of finger-pointing behind closed doors.

Nigel Farage has put to bed the swirling rumors' that he might stand in the next Senedd election — but not without leaving behind a trail of intrigue.

Brief letters: Antisocial media | Children and art | Handling disappointment | ‘An island of strangers’ | Low-traffic neighbourhoods

Prime minister and Kemi Badenoch both know Tory leader has run out of dice rolls as all eyes turn to Reform

As hopes grow for a youth mobility scheme with the European Union, The Independent looks at how it would work in practice

It came after furious backlash to the prime minister’s claim that the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’