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Prime Minister Andy Burnham, accompanied by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan  (second left)  and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden (left), speaks to members of staff during his visit to Sainsbury's supermarket in Nine Elms, London, August 26, 2026
Politics / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026

National Education Union welcomes move but tells PM to go further and refund careers advice for young people

An aerial view of housing in south west London, July 31, 2026
Housing Crisis / 25 August 2026
25 August 2026

Social Housing Action Campaign blasts PM’s decision to break commitment to allocate 100% of Affordable Homes Programme to social rents

People Against Genocide Martin-Baker
Gaza Genocide / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026

‘This is for the children of Palestine,’ People Against Genocide say after targeting a Martin-Baker site in Buckinghamshire

Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024
Climate Crisis / 21 August 2026
21 August 2026
Smoke and flames from a blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford as seen from Millwall. Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a waste fire in southeast London. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford, involves about 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a waste facility. The force were first called just before 8pm, and crews from East Greenwich, Old Kent Road, Deptford and surrounding fire stations went to the scene, August 18, 2026
Public Services / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026
Train tickets
Britain / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026
Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick speaking on social care during a press conference at Millbank Tower, London, July 30, 2026
Politics / 16 August 2026
16 August 2026

‘Ultimately, all of Reform's policies benefit big business and attack workers and the poor,’ Diane Abbott MP tells the Star

Demonstrators from CND and Fairford Action during an emergency protest outside the main gate of RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, following an attack on Iran by a US B-1 bomber stationed there earlier this week, July 25, 2026
Iran War / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026

Peace activists and trade unionists to gather at RAF Fairford to protest against US bombers taking off from Britain to strike Iran

Houses damaged by a fire in Gorleston Road, Highers Heath, in the West Midlands, August 14, 2026
Climate Crisis / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to the Jewish Care, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus care home in north London, on adult social care reform. Picture date: Wednesday July 29, 2026
Care and Support Alliance / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026
Thames Water sign at a water works in Islington, north London, July 23, 2026
Privatisation / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
Britain's first nuclear-powered submarine HMS Dreadnought, (3,000 tons), pictured in 1966
Engineering company / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026
Andy Burnham
Britain / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026
Kate Clark
Scottish Labour leadership / 3 August 2026
3 August 2026
Angela Rayner
Housing / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says

A general view of the Centrica Head office in Windsor, Berks
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 23 July 2026
23 July 2026
Fuel Poverty Action and Don’t Pay UK activists in Glasgow
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 22 July 2026
22 July 2026