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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The Financial Times reports that the UK has drawn up secret contingency plans to move its Trident nuclear submarine bases from Scotland to the US or France in the event of Scottish independence. Another option is creating an independent British territory within Scotland that would contain the Faslane and Coulport nuclear bases, according to the paper. It says the prospect of a break-up of the UK is worrying Whitehall, after the SNP returned to power in May on a pledge to push for independence and ban all nuclear weapons in Scotland.
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.