Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

Across Britain, families that once felt solidly middle class are losing their footing as rents, child care costs and food ...

Britain's first woman chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has ended the barbaric rape clause introduced by the last Tory government.

Celebrities and the elite have flocked to private healthcare companies to get their hands on a drug which promises thinness. People are spending as much as thousands on weight-loss jabs, even with no ...

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a two-child limit on welfare payments would be scrapped in April ...

Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has defended the Government's choice to raise millions of taxes in the Autumn Budget. The ...

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 ...

Preventing ill health is one of the most effective ways to strengthen the economy. That starts with improving living ...

Britain’s Labour government is seeking to shift the political narrative with a tax-raising budget aimed at boosting economic ...

In announcing the measures, Rachel Reeves, the top economic official in an increasingly unpopular government, cited the ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about ...

Rachel Reeves 's deputy insisted she has been "honest and consistent" with the public in a Commons statement this afternoon ...