Exclusive: Ms Haigh, who backs wealth taxes, is set to be named as the new chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Negotiations over border regulations have continued for years since Britain’s departure from the EU

UK will run largest home defence exercise in decades, dubbed Operation Albiston Shadow

Advocacy groups tell The Independent that growing support from MPs and ministers for more ambitious UK-led debt relief is being held back by resistance from the Treasury. Nick Ferris reports

The 28-year-old suspect was re-arrested by counterterror police on Monday

Incoming prime minister mistaken for Richard Osman, Mel Gibson and Jeff Bezos as shocking poll lays bare the uphill challenge he faces

Political editor David Maddox looks at the prime minister’s rush to push important issues over the line before he is forced to hand over the reigns of power to Andy Burnham

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is expected to warn Labour may be ‘powerless to do anything’ to change the voting system after the next election

Exclusive: UK’s biggest building society and second-largest mortgage lender to benefit from changes to cash reserve rules

The Makerfield MP is expected to become the new prime minister on Monday