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News analysis: The Independent’s political editor David Maddox’s trip to Washington DC for Trump’s inauguration found that the UK/US special relationship has morphed into deep antipathy for the Starmer government from the new White House administration

Musk's feud with Steve Bannon is largely self-indulgent theater — but the global consequences could be nasty

There is a new restlessness in Treasury and No 10, but some ministers fear forceful approach may signal panic

Trump has not yet spoken with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer since taking office on Monday

With Russia wearing down Ukraine’s stretched forces and U.S. President Donald Trump pressuring the two sides to end their nearly 3-year-old war, Kyiv and some of its European allies are discussing how that might be achieved in a way that would guarantee Ukraine’s future security

REFORM UK have polled above both Labour and the Conservatives for the first time ...

By sweeping aside everyone from local planners to defenders of the green belt, Labour is handing a gift to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Rachel Reeves flies back from Davos to lead a revival of the aviation perennial. Labour hated the idea before, but growth won’t grow itself, will it, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Laila Soueif has critcised the Prime Minister for not having ‘deigned to reply’ to a letter she sent him about her son’s plight.

The proportion of people saying the UK was heading in the wrong direction has fallen to the same level as just before the election.

Former councillor Andrew Boswell accuses PM of wanting to lock people out of planning process