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Andrew Grice

Andrew Grice has been Political Editor of The Independent since 1998. He was previously Political Editor of The Sunday Times, where he worked for 10 years, and he has been a Westminster-based journalist since 1982. His column, Inside Politics, appears in The Independent each Saturday.

George Osborne says that an independent Scotland could not join a formal currency union

Inside Westminster: Who will be the next Tory leader? This sideshow threatens to upstage the main event

George Osborne should stick to the job and ignore the swirling party politics

Chancellor George Osborne will reject tax cuts for middle classes in his Budget

Poor middle classes: Osborne to reject calls for tax cuts in Budget

George Osborne will reject growing demands by Conservative MPs for significant tax cuts for the middle classes in his Budget next Wednesday.

Nigel Farage masks worn at the spring conference

The rise of Ukip: Study warns Labour that Eurosceptic party's electoral base now 'more working class than any of the main parties'

According to academics, Ukip supporters are 'dissatisfied with the Labour Party and Ed Miliband's leadership of it'

A Labour government would scrap tax breaks for married couple

A Labour Government would scrap 'perverse and unfair' tax break for married couples, says Ed Balls

The shadow Chancellor said his party would instead deliver tax cuts to help all middle and lower income families struggling with the cost of living crisis

Employers who can afford to pay more than the minimum wage should do so, suggests report

Employers who can afford to pay more than the national minimum wage would come under pressure to do so under a plan to lift one million people out of “poverty pay” published on Thursday.

A future Labour government is unlikely to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union this decade, party leader Ed Miliband pledged on Wednesday

Business leaders come out in support of Labour's new Europe policy

Business leaders have given broad support to Ed Miliband’s new policy on Europe after he announced that a Labour Government was “unlikely” to hold an in/out referendum in the 2015-20 parliament.

Labour leader Ed Miliband does not want to put Britain's EU membership at risk

No EU referendum under Labour: Ed Miliband to reveal that vote on membership is ‘unlikely’ in next Parliament if party wins power

In a landmark speech, Mr Miliband will declare that a Labour government’s top priorities would include the cost-of-living crisis and the NHS

George Osborne has been criticised for raising the personal tax allowance to £10,000 a year from next month

George Osborne’s tax cuts penalise single-earner families with a stay-at-home parent, claims bishop

A Church of England bishop has accused the Government of penalising stay-at-home mothers and carers by discriminating against families in the tax and benefits system.

Labour is expected to endorse Gordon Brown’s proposals to give the Scottish Parliament greater powers over income tax. The former PM described a plan for a ‘partnership of equals’

Gordon Brown dramatically wades into the Scottish referendum, spearheading Labour's promise to give Holyrood greater tax powers under 'devo max'

Labour is expected to endorse proposals made by Gordon Brown yesterday to allow to give the Scottish Parliament much greater power over the level of income tax.

Lord Falconer's Bill will be voted on by peers in the next four months

Assisted suicide could be legalised as Government allows free vote

MPs will be allowed to vote with their conscience on Lord Falconer's Bill

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How to sleep better

How to sleep better

Understanding our bodies' rhythms can help us take control of our nights
'Noah is an odd choice for me, I admit'

'Noah is an odd choice for me, I admit'

Darren Aronofsky on making the most controversial biblical film yet
The Hillsborough families have been here before but hopes are rising that now they will finally get justice

The Hillsborough families have been here before...

...but hopes are rising that they will finally get justice
Is this the end of the road for paper maps?

The end of the road for paper maps

Ordnance Survey plans to end routine production because of poor sales.
The floating bookshop

The floating bookshop

The writer who turned her barge into a travelling bookstore
Floral prints for spring

Floral prints for spring

Spring is officially sprung - so dress for it
Mystery of London's lost Black Death burial site revealed – and do DNA tests prove the plague couldn't have been spread by rats after all?

Mystery of London's lost Black Death burial site

Do DNA tests prove the plague couldn't have been spread by rats after all?
Brazil has accelerated efforts to be ready to stage the World Cup, but the human cost is mounting with every month that passes

Human cost of World Cup is mounting every month

How many more deaths will it take for Fifa to get this World Cup in Brazil on in time?
The age of outrage

The age of outrage:

From Sachsgate to Plebgate, taking offence has become ubiquitous in modern life
Why I can’t help loving Scarlett

Why I can’t help loving Scarlett

Gone with the Wind an embarrassing anachronism?
Plain packaging: Big Tobacco prepares for ‘bare-knuckle fight’ over ban

Plain packaging: Big Tobacco prepares for ‘bare-knuckle fight’ over ban

The tactics of an industry desperate to head off new rules on packaging revealed
The great eel migration: One million to swim to Britain in one night

The great eel migration

One million to swim to Britain in one night
Which British high-street shops do not pay their garment workers a living wage?

Which high-street shops do not pay their garment workers living wage?

Debenhams, Matalan and The North Face among the worst
Who needs the BBC? Black comedy stars take the YouTube route to fame

Who needs the BBC?

Black comedy stars take the YouTube route to fame
Judith Hill: A little voice grows louder

The best singer you’ve never heard of

Judith Hill steps into the spotlight