Independent News

Kids in one of London’s poorest boroughs, Newham, are struggling to breathe. So why is the London Mayor pushing ahead with a new road tunnel that could make the situation even worse?

‘Sneaky, cheating bastards’ – Josiah Mortimer reports on a peer leading the charge against the Government's fresh protest clampdown

A new report reveals that the Ministry of Defence has made no real progress on reducing the carbon footprint of its military bases in the UK

Most freelancers do not report abuse within the industry due to a fear of reputational damage, says the national secretary of the broadcasting and entertainment union

The Prime Minister's real motivation for refusing to comply with the COVID Inquiry is not to protect Boris Johnson – but to protect himself, reports Adam Bienkov

Angelo Calianno spoke to supporters of the Turkish opposition during the two ballots in the closely fought Presidential election against Recep Erdoğan

Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants' Rights Network, explains why her charity did not want to apply for funding from the Mayor of London to tackle hate crime and extremism

After the surprise cross-border raid against Russia and unexplained drone attacks in Moscow, Julian McBride looks at how Ukraine is turning Putin's playbook against him

In today’s interdependent economic world, UK companies are just too small to survive and thrive without cooperation with the EU, writes Jon Bloomfield

A new parliamentary reports criticises the Government's plans for young people's care – with the Home Secretary announcing that the same strategy will be used to tackle child sexual abuse

As the Prime Minister reveals that his favourite author is Jilly Cooper – he tells Otto English about some of his other favourites in music, food, movies and sport

A former 111 clinician speaks out on rising pressures and a staffing crisis at the NHS non-emergency call service. Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert report

Lawyer Gareth Roberts explains how theDame Hallet's inquiry has the full force of the law and is not a constitutional nicety the former Prime Minister can wriggle out of

Britain is 'strikingly unprepared' to face the escalating consequences of inadequate action on climate change

Natasha Phillips reports on the success of the Coventry City reunification pilot featured on Channel 4’s ‘Kids’

An extraordinary Met Police disciplinary hearing concludes with a female officer being exonerated from abuse claims from her former partner, a more senior cop himself facing abuse claims

Tom Mutch talks to the owners of a chain of dance studios in Donbas, whose epic journey suggests a brighter future for their war-ravaged homeland

Thomas Perrett explores how factory farming and agribusiness industries have successfully lobbied politicians, advocating against carbon taxes and biodiversity targets

Genuine anti-racist internationalism calls for much greater radicalism, writes Sunit Bagree

Over 6,000 voters were turned away and didn't return across around 50 council areas, Byline Times can reveal.