David Maddox
Norfolk boy. Former cook, theology student, English teacher and international wanderer. Now Political Editor of The Independent.
Featured Story
Outrage as Starmer eases sanctions on 'dirty Russian oil'
Badenoch leads condemnation of 'insane' move to allow imports of Putin's fuel refined in third countries in order to ease prices as Ukrainian MP says it puts question mark over friendship with Kyiv
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY
Outrage as Starmer eases sanctions on 'dirty Russian oil'
Badenoch leads condemnation of 'insane' move to allow imports of Putin's fuel refined in third countries in order to ease prices as Ukrainian MP says it puts question mark over friendship with Kyiv
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
Starmer defiant as Rayner issues ‘last chance’ warning
Keir Starmer will pledge to ‘face up to the big challenges’ the country faces in a key speech today as he fights for his political life in the fallout from disastrous local election results – after Angela Rayner gave an ultimatum for the party to move to the hard left
Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, warns Labour MP
London MP Catherine West issues ultimatum to the cabinet to move against Keir Starmer's leadership or risk 'Prime Minister Farage' – as Gordon Brown is brought back in bid to calm anger in party after disastrous local election results
Starmer’s plea for votes as Labour braces for disaster
PM makes last-ditch appeal for voters in today’s local elections to choose ‘unity over division’, as YouGov poll predicts Reform pushing Labour into distant second place in England – and third in Scotland
PM ‘fired Robbins before he could defend himself’
As Starmer fights for survival, sacked civil servant’s supporters demolish claim he was dismissed after failing to explain why he didn’t raise alarm about Mandelson – and insist he was given no chance to save his job
Judgement day for Starmer over vetting scandal
The prime minister will face an inquisition from MPs today to explain what he knew about the Mandelson vetting row – as The Independent’s enquiry to No 10 seven months ago highlighting that peer had failed the process was called a ‘smoking gun’
Cleverly: No way Lammy wasn't told about vetting failure
Tory former foreign secretary tells The Independent it is 'inconceivable' David Lammy was not informed of Peter Mandelson's vetting problems, as civil servants claim Olly Robbins was 'thrown under the bus' by No 10
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’
About this page
Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to David Maddox 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.