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Images from an undated and redacted document released by the US Department of Justice, photographed on January 31, 2026, show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaning over an unidentified person
Monarchy / 1 February 2026
‘Royal Epstein Inquiry now’
1 February 2026

What do they know? Campaigners demand Charles and William Windsor join Andrew in the dock following latest Epstein revelations 

Workers' Rights / 1 February 2026
‘Insulting’ language against hospitality workers removed from government guidance
1 February 2026
A West Midlands Railway Train at Bournville Station
Public Transport / 1 February 2026
Half of all train journeys under public control as London Northwestern and West Midlands services brought into GBR
1 February 2026
Police remove protesters taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, October 4, 2025
Britain / 30 January 2026
Met Police spent £8m on Defend Our Juries protests alone, analysis suggests
30 January 2026
Photo: Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Britain / 30 January 2026
Megapicket shuts down every refuse site in Birmingham
30 January 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the UK-China Business Forum held at the headquarters of the Bank of China (BOC) in Beijing, China, January 30, 2026
Britain / 30 January 2026
China will soon overtake the US, Communist Party says as Trump criticises Starmer for dealing with Beijing
30 January 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
Birmingham Bin Workers' Strike / 30 January 2026
‘We will be back again, and again, and again until these workers win’
30 January 2026

Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites

A teacher and students in a classroom
Education / 29 January 2026
New suspension rules must not force schools to do 'more with less,' unions warn
29 January 2026
People demonstrate outside the Old Bailey in central London, October 21, 2024
Britain / 28 January 2026
Chris Kaba's family 'devastated' as watchdog pauses probe into officer who shot him
28 January 2026
NHS Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Labour stages Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications
28 January 2026
A tanker pumping out excess sewage from the Lightlands Lane
Britain / 29 January 2026
Water firms hike bills as probe reveals years of warnings over running dry
29 January 2026
Pupils in a classroom
Education / 29 January 2026
NEU warns government against Send cuts
29 January 2026
A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Britain / 28 January 2026
Dozens of MPs urge Starmer to resolve Birmingham bin strike
28 January 2026
First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan delivers a speech during the Wales Investment Summit at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, December 1, 2025
Wales / 28 January 2026
Welsh first minister refuses to say if Starmer is doing a good job
28 January 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Healthcare / 29 January 2026
Strokes will rise by 42% without action, charity warns
29 January 2026
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand, central London, ahead of a hearing over whether proscribing of Palestine Action should be temporarily blocked, July 4, 2025
Britain / 27 January 2026
MPs call for inquiry into Palestine Action hunger strikers
27 January 2026
A view of the river Thames and City Hall, the headquarters of the Greater London Authority
Britain / 27 January 2026
Outsourced cleaners to protest outside City Hall over sick pay
27 January 2026
Healthcare / 27 January 2026
Hundreds of NHS staff begin ballot over fire-and-rehire threats
27 January 2026
A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed on Briggate in Leeds, as West Yorkshire Police use the facial recognition technology for the first time in Yorkshire, November 11, 2025
Policing / 26 January 2026
Live facial recognition tech to be rolled out across Britain
26 January 2026

Labour announces largest policing overhaul in 200 years, including the creation of a ‘British FBI,’ sparking human rights concerns

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaking at the launch of Class Ceiling at the The Whitworth in Manchester, January 26, 2026
Labour Party / 26 January 2026
Labour in civil war as Starmer defends blocking leadership rival from Westminster
26 January 2026
15/08/24 of a student places a mobile phone in a box before the start of a lesson
Education / 26 January 2026
Unions warn against ‘heavy-handed’ inspections as government stresses schools should be mobile-free
26 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, during a meeting with English regional mayors, at No 10 Downing Street in Westminster, central London, July 9, 2024
Labour Party / 23 January 2026
‘Democratic outrage’
23 January 2026

Unions and MPs warn Starmer against blocking Burnham’s potential return to Westminster

A Capita sign outside their offices in Bournemouth, Dorset
Britain / 23 January 2026
Retired civil servants left without income due to Capita delays
23 January 2026
Scotland / 23 January 2026
Unite accuses hotel chain of illegally using agency staff during strike
23 January 2026
Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, October 30, 2024
Waspi Campaign / 22 January 2026
Starmer could face Labour rebellion as 100 MPs call for Waspi U-turn
22 January 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney (centre), Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan and James Ward (centre left), managing director of Lowther during a visit to the Wheatley Housing Development in Wallyford, East Lothian, January 22, 2026
Scotland / 22 January 2026
More private financing needed to meet Scotland's affordable homes needs, First Minister says
22 January 2026
A Job Centre Plus shop in central Portsmouth, Hampshire
Britain / 20 January 2026
Unemployment reaches highest rate in nearly five years
20 January 2026
A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Britain / 20 January 2026
Failing to settle Birmingham bin workers’ strike has cost £33.4m, council estimates
20 January 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, January 19, 2026
Politics / 19 January 2026
Starmer urged to close all US military bases in Britain over Trump's Greenland threats
19 January 2026
A Metropolitan Police officer wearing handcuffs and a Pava spray on a belt during a new spiking crackdown to coincide with freshers week, at New Scotland Yard in central London, September 25, 2025
Penal Reform / 19 January 2026
High Court dismisses legal challenge to the use of pepper spray in YOIs
19 January 2026
A view of the app for TikTok on a phone screen
Mental Health / 19 January 2026
More than 60 Labour MPs back under-16 social media ban
19 January 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference in Westminster, London, January 15, 2026
Reform UK / 18 January 2026
Farage’s war on workers risks leaving a ‘lost generation on the scrap heap’
18 January 2026
People march in Preston against plans to close elderly care facilities. Photo: Neil Terry Photography
Britain / 18 January 2026
Hundreds march against Reform-led council plans to close eight elderly care facilities
18 January 2026
Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, takes part in a phone-in on LBC Radio, at the Global Studios in central London, August 8, 2025
Britain / 18 January 2026
Jewish Voice for Liberation says West Midlands police chief was forced out for trying to his job
18 January 2026
Britain / 18 January 2026
Nearly 50,000 civil servants begin strike ballot
18 January 2026
Jeremy Corbyn speaking as he closes the Your Party founding two day conference at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Sunday November 30, 2025
Politics / 16 January 2026
Corbyn reveals he will stand in Your Party CEC elections with ‘The Many’ candidates
16 January 2026