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Kate Devlin

Politics and Whitehall Editor@_katedevlin

Kate Devlin is the Politics and Whitehall Editor at the Independent. She has been in the lobby for more than a decade and covers everything from dodgy MPs to general elections. She joined the Independent after stints at the Times and the Sunday Express and in 2023 she was named ‘one to watch’ as one of the top 100 Women in Westminster.

<p>Humza Yousaf</p>

Humza Yousaf’s fate in the balance as Greens to vote to oust him

<p>Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh at Hitachi Rail in Co Durham</p>

Labour fails to rule out fare rises under rail nationalisation plan

<p>Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C) speaks with military personnel as he visits the Julius Leber Barracks in Berlin.</p>

Sabre-rattling Sunak: EU must spend more on Nato to fight Putin

<p>Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, at a media event in London on 27 September 2023. </p>

Ryanair boss says he would ‘happily’ fly asylum seekers to Rwanda