Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Already a member? Log in The big surprise of the Budget speech was the commitment to spend 3 per cent of national income on defence b... See more
John Rentoul, chief political commentator – 6 marks out of 10: 'A short in the arm for defence spending, a sticking plaster for the cost of living' The decoy "rabbit" in the Budget was the £100 help with gas and electricity bills over this winter for hous... See more
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Already a member? Log in From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is d... See more
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Already a member? Log in James Purnell, the prime minister's chief of staff, is keen on an early general election, I hear. But I inte... See more
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Already a member? Log in I was wrong. I said the Labour Party would not solve its problems by changing prime minister. On the contrar... See more
