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People living in Diane Abbott’s Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency voiced their views as the uncertainty hangs over the future of the veteran MP

Exclusive: Small ‘c’ conservative voters are switching to Labour in huge numbers according to a new survey for The Independent

Deputy foreign secretary calls on those in the hundreds of cases revealed by an 18-month investigation by The Independent to be returned and pledges further support for the disabled community in Ukraine

Exclusive: With the general election turning into a ‘presidential’ contest between Sunak and Starmer, polling suggests the Labour leader will win easily with voters

States like Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and California do better than anyone else at keeping residents, but being a “sticky state” isn’t everything

Exclusive: ‘This latest childminder numbers debacle is yet more evidence that the Tories offered a pledge without a delivery plan,’ says shadow education secretary

Speaking at Hay Festival, the Everyday Sexism founder said that postnatal care in Britain is ‘absolutely dire’

‘I’m going to be brought down by a Daffy Duck GIF? I felt anger,’ one person told The Independent. Nadine White looks at how people can fall foul of social media memes

The actor and filmmaker, who would have turned 80 next week, had fallen into relative obscurity by the time of her death in 2018, defined by her toxic breakup from one of Hollywood’s most famous men. But her fascinating life and career, writes Adam White, is worth revisiting