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  Exclusive: Investigation by The Independent uncovers scheme charging people hundreds of pounds to replace meters Exclusive: Investigation by The Independent uncovers scheme charging people hundreds of pounds to replace meters 

GHISLAINE Maxwell has claimed an infamous picture of Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre is fake – but won’t reveal why. The photo shows the Duke of York with his arm around the then 17…

Revealed: four ways that the prime minister might be shown the door Under Tory party rules, a new leader cannot be challenged through official procedures for at least a year after entering office. But there are other routes. MPs say that if at least half the parliamentary party wanted Truss gone (that is the case already) and they all write to 1922 committee chair Graham Brady to say so, he would then feel obliged to visit the PM and tell her the game was up. If messages were also conveyed from the chief whip, Wendy Morton, and other grandees that…

There’s relief among Conservative MPs as the new chancellor seeks to bring stability back to government Senior Conservatives on Saturday welcomed Jeremy Hunt’s arrival as chancellor, saying he had effectively “taken over” running the government from Liz Truss after he unceremoniously dumped her tax-cutting agenda on his first day in office. One senior Conservative MP said it was a huge relief to have someone in charge at the Treasury who was able to admit to recent mistakes and had made it his mission to restore the government’s credibility with the markets. “It is just so good to have a grownup…

On World Food Day, we examine the impact on a country plagued by malnutrition.

Some 10% of those who died in or following police custody in England and Wales in the last decade were black – far higher than the proportion of the population.

‘An apology without changed behaviour, is just manipulation.’

  The move raises fears that the Russian President is determined to escalate further the conflict in Ukraine. ​The move raises fears that the Russian President is determined to escalate further the conflict in Ukraine. 

Madonna appeared to reveal her sexuality in a recent TikTok video that went viral.

  Officers said the death was being treated as suspicious Officers said the death was being treated as suspicious