Tell Independent politician to get skill (6)
I believe the answer is:
impart
'tell' is the definition.
(imparting is a kind of telling)
'independent politician to get skill' is the wordplay.
'independent' becomes 'i'.
'politician' becomes 'mp' (Member of Parliament).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'i'+'mp'+'art'='IMPART'
(Other definitions for impart that I've seen before include "Reveal, make information known" , "offer" , "Reveal details" , "Give - relate" , "Share, pass on" .)