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A general view of Silver Sands Beach, Isle of Wight
Environment / 5 June 2026
Southern Water sparks fury with ‘absolutely disgusting’ sewage dumping plans
5 June 2026
A household water tap
Wales / 5 June 2026
Welsh Water to pay £44.7 million after ‘serious’ sewage failures led to a series of spills, Ofwat says
5 June 2026
Britain / 5 June 2026
Defence sector wasteful and inefficient, workers warn
5 June 2026
Britain / 5 June 2026
Palestine Action activists apply to have judge removed over ‘bias’ during Elbit raid trial
5 June 2026
Healthcare / 5 June 2026
Operating theatre staff vote to strike over overtime pay cut
5 June 2026
A worker outside Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, as around 3,000 jobs are at risk at the plant as part of a planned restructuring, September 15, 2023
Britain / 4 June 2026
Tata Steel urged to protect jobs after Port Talbot blaze causes ‘substantial damage to a vital production line’
4 June 2026
Healthcare / 4 June 2026
NHS risks being mired in lengthy legal cases defining what a ‘political badge’ is, unions warn
4 June 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Healthcare / 4 June 2026
Midwives working more than 24 hours without sleep at major hospital, inspection reveals
4 June 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026
Britain / 4 June 2026
Union leaders say movement's support for Reform UK is of ‘massive concern’
4 June 2026
People protest outside Southampton police station, June 2, 2026
Britain / 3 June 2026
‘Unforgivable’
3 June 2026

Starmer slams Farage for exploiting tragic murder and snubbing family's wishes as far-right riots leave police officers injured

A view of bank notes
Britain / 3 June 2026
Union anger as Labour U-turns on plans to ban all exploitative zero-hour contracts
3 June 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Healthcare / 3 June 2026
MPs call for Palantir NHS contract to end as Britain ‘seriously exposed’ to foreign actors
3 June 2026
The High Court in Edinburgh where Peter Murrell is appearing for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, June 2, 2026
Scotland / 2 June 2026
Ex-SNP chief leaves court in handcuffs after £400,000 embezzlement
2 June 2026
A ballot box arrives as polls close and counting begins at Rochdale Leisure Centre
Britain / 2 June 2026
More than 100 MPs call for review of FPTP voting system
2 June 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Scotland / 3 June 2026
Strikes begin as university presses on with job cuts
3 June 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Britain / 1 June 2026
Keep Palantir away from new NHS data system, unions warn
1 June 2026

Labour’s Burgon calls on new Health Secretary to ditch Streeting’s PFI legacy

Britain / 31 May 2026
Manchester cafe owner claims police offered him benefits to inform on Palestine Action
31 May 2026
Office worker at a desk and monitors
Britain / 1 June 2026
Too many parents with young children leaving jobs due to lack of flexible working, TUC says
1 June 2026
General view of a ThamesLink train at Kings Cross station in London
Transport / 31 May 2026
Calls to prevent ‘two-tier workforce’ as Britain’s biggest railway operator nationalised
31 May 2026
Members of Unite union take part in a demonstration to protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery, February 21, 2025
Britain / 28 May 2026
Unite anger over Britain importing Russian-produced jet fuel
28 May 2026
View of the front of the National Theatre with people sitting on the benches
Arts / 28 May 2026
Artists for Palestine calls on five leading British theatres to end partnerships with Bloomberg Philanthropies over Israel ties
28 May 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC
Britain / 28 May 2026
Union membership rose by 192,000 to 6.6 million in 2025, TUC reveals
28 May 2026
Britain / 28 May 2026
Judge who spared boy rapists jail was told offences ‘akin’ to teen jailed for eight years
28 May 2026
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, April 7, 2026
Healthcare / 28 May 2026
Four-day strike will bring government to the negotiating table, BMA says
28 May 2026
Havana
Britain / 27 May 2026
Trade unions and MPs warn Trump is creating pretext for intervention in Cuba
27 May 2026
Tony Blair
Britain / 27 May 2026
Left hits back at former warmonger PM Blair’s intervention
27 May 2026
Jo Grady
Britain / 27 May 2026
Cuts have left post-16 education 'on the edge of a precipice,' UCU leader tells conference
27 May 2026
Britain / 27 May 2026
Calls for independent inquiry after regulator failed to stop censured nurses and midwives from working
27 May 2026
Sheffield Hallam University
Britain / 27 May 2026
Sheffield Hallam University staff begin four weeks of strike action over pensions, jobs and conditions
27 May 2026
Britain / 27 May 2026
Up to 300 jobs at risk at University of Sussex after some 500 took redundancy
27 May 2026
A Palestine Action demonstrator is hauled off by police
Britain / 26 May 2026
Britain’s political prisoners: courts ‘degrading’ protest rights, new study shows
26 May 2026
AI
Britain / 26 May 2026
AI-assisted complaints increasing police watchdog's workload
26 May 2026
Britain / 27 May 2026
Children too often in custody before court, chief prison inspector says
27 May 2026
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Healthcare / 25 May 2026
Record NHS spending on outsourcing scan analysis is ‘spiralling out of control’
25 May 2026
Goods at a food bank
Britain / 26 May 2026
Iran war and El Niño to drive war food prices even higher, report says
26 May 2026
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson leaves following a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, April 28, 2026
Britain / 26 May 2026
Phillipson accused of ‘PR exercise’ probe into hidden extra childcare charges
26 May 2026
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos CEO and minority shareholder of Manchester United, at Foster + Partners Headquarters in Battersea, London, March 11, 2025
Britain / 26 May 2026
Energy moguls getting rich faster than other billionaires, Rich List analysis shows
26 May 2026
John McDonnell speaking at PCS conference. Photo: Andy Aitchison
PCS Conference 2026 / 21 May 2026
McDonnell mocks Streeting's Road to Damascus moment at PCS conference
21 May 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arriving to speak to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026
PCS Conference 2026 / 21 May 2026
PCS to raise £3m a year to fight Reform government
21 May 2026
Protesters from the CND, Stop the War, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends of Al-Aqsa, lead a national demonstration to the US Embassy in London to call for an end to attacks on Iran, March 7, 2026
PCS Conference 2026 / 20 May 2026
‘Tide is turning’ on unions adopting a comprehensive anti-war policy, PCS leader says
20 May 2026
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote. Photo: Andy Aitchison
PCS Conference 2026 / 20 May 2026
Government ‘turmoil’ as ministers contradict each other on insourcing policy, PCS leader says
20 May 2026
General view of the Job Centre Plus on Benalder St in Glasgow
Britain / 19 May 2026
Unions hit out at ‘epidemic of insecure work’ as economic fallout from Iran war revealed
19 May 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy meeting Labour Party members during a visit to AFC Wimbledon in south London, May 9, 2026
Britain / 20 May 2026
Civil society organisations urge Lammy to act on ‘long-overdue’ commitment to protect basic human rights
20 May 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Wales / 19 May 2026
Nursing students suffering ‘severe exhaustion’ due to lack of support in Wales, RCN warns
19 May 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Healthcare / 19 May 2026
Nurses suffer racial abuse once every 51 minutes amid ‘catastrophic rise’ in discrimination
19 May 2026
FW Pomeroy's Statue of Justice standing atop the Central Cri
Britain / 18 May 2026
Parents could face jail for children breaking the law under youth justice shake-up
18 May 2026
Train drivers from the Aslef union on the picket line at Euston station in London, as they are launching a wave of fresh walkouts in a long-running dispute over pay, April 5, 2024
Britain / 18 May 2026
Union movement has failed ‘to provide socialist answers to people’s everyday concerns,’ Aslef president says
18 May 2026
Education / 18 May 2026
Parents and priests to join picket against job cuts at Catholic schools trust
18 May 2026
Health Secretary James Murray
Health crisis / 18 May 2026
Nearly two-thirds of NHS organisations expect to cut services this year
18 May 2026
kiyan prince
Safety / 17 May 2026
Most British youngsters don’t feel confident about their future – survey
17 May 2026
Lisa nandy
Progress conference / 17 May 2026
Nandy dismisses Streeting’s ‘sudden focus’ to rejoin EU as odd
17 May 2026
Disability Minister Sir Stephen Timms
Pip / 18 May 2026
Unions back disability benefit reform to tackle record unemployment rate
18 May 2026
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham attending a Labour for a New Democracy fringe event at the Labour Party Conference at the Liverpool Arena, September 28, 2025
Labour Party / 15 May 2026
Labour NEC gives Burnham permission to stand in Makerfield by-election, party spokesperson says
15 May 2026
A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition van in Briggate, Leeds, November 11, 2025
Britain / 15 May 2026
Police could be sued over use of live facial recognition tech, watchdog says
15 May 2026
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper hosts a virtual meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Westminster, London, for talks with a coalition of countries on the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Britain is seeking to lead a diplomatic initiative, understood to include 35 countries such as France, Germany and some Gulf nations, to reopen the passage, April 2, 2026
Human Rights / 15 May 2026
Britain signing Council of Europe declaration ‘weakens torture victim legal protections’
15 May 2026
West End Pay Up [Pic: Troy Walker / Equity]
Equity / 11 May 2026
West End workers demand bosses ‘pay up’ as indicative strike ballot closes
11 May 2026
Paul W Fleming
Workers' Rights / 11 May 2026
Tax reliefs for AI companies with union agreements ‘potentially transformative,’ says Equity leader
11 May 2026
Equity flag. Photo: Equity
Equity Conference 2026 / 10 May 2026
West End producers face losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a day, warns Equity chief as strike ballot closes
10 May 2026
Paul W Fleming. Photo: Equity UK
Equity Conference 2026 / 10 May 2026
Starmer ‘disproportionately to blame’ for Reform's election wins, says Equity union leader
10 May 2026
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu who work at STV on the picket line outside their offices in Glasgow, May 8, 2026
Scotland / 8 May 2026
STV journalists and staff strike on day of Holyrood election counts
8 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
Healthcare / 8 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
8 May 2026
Fossil Free London
Climate Crisis / 7 May 2026
‘It’s time to break free from the fossil fuel doom loop’
7 May 2026

Labour urged to close energy tax loopholes as Shell reports ‘obscene’ £5bn profits thanks to Iran war

Heavy traffic heading northbound on the M5 Motorway in Somerset, April 6, 2026
Energy / 7 May 2026
Lower speed limits and boost windfall energy tax to mitigate £8bn Iran war cost, IPPR says
7 May 2026
A view of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff
Wales / 7 May 2026
Charity publishes manifesto to tackle Wales’s ‘clear and escalating’ accidental deaths crisis
7 May 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood during a meeting with representatives from criminal justice agencies at number 10 Downing Street, Westminster, following a terror attack in Golders Green, April 30, 2026
Human Rights / 6 May 2026
Sudanese torture victims launch legal challenge to Home Office bid to scrap refugee rights
6 May 2026
A protester is bundled out of....
Fossil Fuels / 6 May 2026
Aviva shareholders disrupt AGM in protest over Gaza, migrants and fossil fuel extraction
6 May 2026
Reform UK leader in Wales Dan Thomas speaking during a rally in Merthyr Tydfil, ahead of the May 7 Senedd election, May 5, 2026
Workers' Rights / 6 May 2026
Public sector workers warned Reform poses ‘significant’ risk to their futures
6 May 2026
Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead, September 30, 2023
Climate Crisis / 6 May 2026
Britain’s biggest gas supplier reveals Iran war-driven £7.2bn quarterly profits as average bills set to rise
6 May 2026
A view of £5, £10, £20 and £50 bank notes
Economy / 6 May 2026
Unions call for ‘common sense’ bank windfall tax increase
6 May 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and education, skills and equality spokesperson for Reform UK Suella Braverman during a walkabout in Waterlooville, Hampshire, whilst on the campaign trail for the upcoming local elections, May 1, 2026
Britain / 5 May 2026
Pay equality could be set back years under Reform's local government plans, warns Unison
5 May 2026
A Google logo on the screen of a mobile phone, in London. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Technology / 5 May 2026
Google DeepMind workers launch union recognition bid amid concerns AI tools enabling Gaza genocide
5 May 2026
Labour MP Ian Lavery addresses infected blood victims and campaigners during a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, February 28, 2024
Britain / 1 May 2026
Workplace violence is ‘out of control,’ say MPs backing union calls for legal reforms
1 May 2026