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Join The Independent as our expert panel picks apart the key moments from the 2024 general election.Hosted by our chief political commentator John Rentoul, this event takes a deep dive into the immediate and long-term challenges facing...

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the Conservatives most prominent politicians to be facing the very real threat of losing their seat at the general election in July 2024. Alex Ross spent the morning with the Tory member for North east...

Boris Johnson's former aide revealed what life was like inside Downing Street during the partygate era and how it's informed her new fictional account of scandal in her book, "Whips".

Fallout and reaction to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget

As former deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, Cleo Watson has a unique insight into life in Downing Street as a landslide election win, a Brexit deal and the Covid response, including partygate, unfurled so her new fictionalised...

Former prime minister Tony Blair discusses his new book On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century in a wide-ranging interview with The Independent’s editor-in-chief, Geordie Greig.Touching upon his experience of power and leadership,...

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Lord Hague discusses with Geordie Greig his campaign to win election as Chancellor to the University of Oxford. The former foreign secretary explains his opinions on what the statue of...

Amnesty International researcher, Joe Freeman, explains what life is like inside Myanmar today as the military junta cling to power against rising insurgencies across the country.Joe was speaking about Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi in The...

This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi. Mother to two sons, fate and history conspired to bring her to the forefront of Myanmar's push for democratic freedom, the world rushing to build her up as an icon of democracy.But an impossible...

Lord Hague refuted his competitor for the chancellor of the University of Oxford's claim that the role is purely 'ceremonial'.In the exclusive interview, Lord Hague also emphasised his belief that Peter Mandelson cannot do the role and...

All four leader candidates spoke at the second day of the Conservative conference but it was former PM Liz Truss who garnered the most attention.

Since Rishi Sunak's disastrous trip to the polls, quitting after losing power to Labour for the first time in 14 years, the Conservatives have been locked in a leadership campaign.Six was whittled down to a final four, with Robert...

Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government's new budget for 2020. As you'd expect the virus featured pretty heavily, but they also discussed taxation, investment, and borrowing. In this video,...

Negotiations between the UK and EU are still continuing and there is a lot of talk about the best way to progress. Theresa May is sticking to her Chequers Plan, but some are calling she changes to a Canada Style deal. This plan is...

Following the latest UK budget, we thought it was a good time to take a look at the implications of Brexit on the budget. So in this video, we dive into the budget documents and the Office for Budget Responsibility's reports to see what...

On Thursday the Labour party announced their new manifesto, full of their promises to the electorate. We read all of this over 100-page document and compressed it into less than 10 minutes to make understanding their policies easier!

COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, continues to spread across the world. As the virus spreads investors and businesses are getting nervous. So in this video, we're going to explore the economic effect of COVID-19 and how the...

With the UK about to leave the EU many options lie in front of Britain. One choice is to stay in the European Customs Union. This could work as a compromise to keep trade routes open while still leaving the EU. But will this step be...

The Conservatives keep talking about Australian Style Points Based Immigration Systems. It's become a somewhat unwieldy catchphrase for the party and a core to how they see the UK operating post-Brexit. In this video, we explain what it...

May has been talking about red lines for months, her hard limits when it comes to Brexit negotiations. However, there's a case to be made that these red lines are exactly what's sabotaged the Brexit process. We discuss why the red lines...

With the UK now out of the EU, the nation is now able to negotiate its own trade deals, so this week Boris Johnson initiated trade talks with the Australian government. In this video, we discuss the initial remarks, what a deal could...

With the UK set to officially leave the EU at the end of the year, many are looking forward to the new deals Britain will be able to strike. Chief amongst them is a deal with the United States. However, some are less keen, concerned...

Although there's a lot of talk about Hard Brexit it's pretty unclear what it means. This video runs through what Hard Brexit is and how it will impact the UK.