Millie Cooke
Political Correspondent @Independent (also covering women + equalities ✨) she/her 🏳️🌈 [email protected]
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EU membership can be fast-tracked top official says
As massive hold-ups at Dover cause French authorities to suspend the EU entry-exit system, the chair of the European delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly says UK can be at front of the queue
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY
EU membership can be fast-tracked top official says
As massive hold-ups at Dover cause French authorities to suspend the EU entry-exit system, the chair of the European delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly says UK can be at front of the queue
No10 accused of plot to derail Burnham by-election hopes
Insiders fear Downing Street will offer lukewarm support in Makerfield campaign but Starmer insists he’ll back any candidate – as IMF warns that any Labour leader must stick to fiscal rules to avoid market chaos
Trump says it’s ‘tough’ for Starmer to survive as PM
US president renews his criticism of Keir Starmer’s energy policies while the prime minister’s crisis at home deepens – as Andy Burnham is cleared to stand in Makerfield by-election paving the way for leadership challenge
Top pollster: Starmer will not lead Labour into general election
John Curtice says it is a matter of when, not if, the prime minister will be replaced as party prepares for damaging local election results
‘How dare they!’ Fury over US threat to UK control of Falklands
Starmer rebukes Trump over Pentagon proposal to ‘review’ status of Nato ‘imperial possessions’ in revenge for failure to join Iran war – as Falklands war vet Admiral Lord West tells Independent plan is an ‘insult’ to islanders
Top official reveals how Indy triggered Mandelson panic
Cabinet Office chief Cat Little confirms government scrambled to get details of Mandelson’s vetting just days after this paper – more than seven months ago – reported disgraced peer had failed security checks
Using British forces to reopen Hormuz 'a fantasy' – Wallace
As Donald Trump urges allies to protect vital shipping lane from Iranian attacks, former defence secretary says navy isn’t ready for the task and dismisses government’s claim UK can defend itself as ‘palpably untrue’
We see you: Putin warned over spy subs in UK waters
Defence secretary John Healey reveals Royal Navy tracked three Russian submarines on a covert surveillance mission targeting data-sensitive cables and energy pipelines in North Atlantic – and taunts Moscow: ‘Putin failed’
Trump: I'll bomb Iran back into Stone Age... and I may quit Nato
In his wildest pronouncements yet, president claims he’s considering ceasefire offer from Iran – which it denies – but he’ll continue to bomb it until Strait of Hormuz is open... and he’s poised to remove US from ‘paper tiger’ alliance
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Millie Cooke in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.