Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – is expected to be ...

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is ...

The U.K. economy unexpectedly shrank in the three months to October, new official figures show. It contracted 0.1% as services output stalled, construction output fell 0.3% and production output fell ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure ...

There were 257,000 British nationals who left the country in the year ending December 2024, compared with the previous estimate of just 77,000. The numbers were revised on Tuesday after the Office for ...

The Autumn Budget doesn’t appear to have done much to stop wealthy people contemplating leaving the UK. Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled a series of tax hikes in her Autumn Budget in November 2025 ...

The British government announced last week that all employees will be required to hold a digital identity card, amid Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to curb undocumented immigration and reduce ...

The UK Sports Network takes you inside the University of Kentucky athletics program for exclusive access and behind-the-scenes looks at the players and coaches who inspire Big Blue Nation. UK Sports ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The UK population has grown by more than three-quarters of a million - the second-largest increase in 75 years. Most of the increase was due to international migration, with natural change - the ...