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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones |Albert Toth
There are thousands of seats up for grabs across 23 local authoritiesFrom 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 producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones |Albert Toth
There are thousands of seats up for grabs across 23 local authoritiesFrom 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 producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Ian Jones |Anahita Hossein-Pour
Half a million shoplifting offences recorded by police for the first timeThe number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, figures show. A total of 516,971 offences were logged by forces last year, up 20% from 429,873 in 2023. The figure is the highest since current police recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
independent.co.uk | Alicja Hagopian |Ian Jones
Camden has become the densest fast food area in England with 922 outlets- how does your area match up? Camden in north London has taken the crown from Bury as England’s fast food capital, as new analysis shows it has the most outlets per population. Blackpool, Manchester and Tower Hamlets in London all remain near the top of the list, but Hartlepool and Darlington have dropped out of the top 10.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story. The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones
Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. The UK has seen its largest annual population increase since the early 1970s, new figures suggest. Net international migration was the main contributor to the jump, while deaths outnumbered births for the first time – outside the Covid-19 pandemic – in nearly five decades.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones |Rebecca Thomas |Ian Jones |Rebecca Thomas
Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. Online and video GP appointments hit an all-time high with one in 20 patients seen virtually in August, new analysis reveals. Senior doctors said remote consultations are “often more convenient” for patients, but they work to ensure requests for face-to-face appointments are respected.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Flora Thompson |Ian Jones
More than 10,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since Labour won the general election. Home Office figures show 65 migrants made the journey in two boats on Monday, taking the provisional total for the year so far to 23,598. The latest crossings mean 10,024 arrivals have been recorded since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister on July 4. The total for 2024 to date is 1% lower than this time last year (23,940) and down 21% on the same period in 2022 (29,783).
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aine Fox |Flora Thompson |Ian Jones
A ban on international care workers bringing dependants to the UK has been branded “brutal” and blamed for cutting a “lifeline of overseas staff” after new data showed a sharp drop in health and care visas in the months after the measure came in. Health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the 12 months to June fell by more than a quarter (26%) on the previous year, to 89,095.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Ian Jones
Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. The jump in the overall rate of inflation in July to 2.2% has been caused by price rises accelerating across a range of everyday items, as well as the cost of some goods and services not falling quite as fast as they did in June.
