Independent Front Page 20th of November 2024
Ukraine has launched US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia for the first time, following President Biden’s approval and prompting Moscow to assert it may consider a nuclear response to such attacks.
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Leading with what’s been the story of the weekend, the Guardian writes that Liz Truss is “fighting for her political survival” after veteran Tory MP Crispin Blunt broke ranks to declare the prime minister’s “game is up”. Ministers are “waiting anxiously” for the markets to open this morning, the paper notes, to see whether Ms Truss’s decision to sack her former chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has paid off. Elsewhere, there’s a nod to an independent review of the Met Police – with Louise Casey concluding in her interim report that there’s “misogyny and systemic racism” in the force’s misconduct procedures.
Independent Front Page 17th of November 2024
William Hague has criticised Peter Mandelson for attempting to become the UK’s new envoy in the US while also seeking to be chancellor of the University of Oxford, arguing that holding both positions would be incompatible.
Independent Front Page 16th of November 2024
Lords have called for the resentencing of 2,700 prisoners trapped under abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection orders, highlighting the wider issue of indefinite jail terms and comparing it to past justice scandals.
Independent Front Page 15th of November 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, speaking at Mansion House, announced plans to ease banking regulations in an effort to regain the trust of the financial sector and promote economic growth.