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Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
Features / 4 December 2025
4 December 2025

As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to nurses and members of the media during a visit to the University College London Hospital after she delivered her Budget, November 26, 2025
Economy / 30 November 2025
30 November 2025
Military / 1 December 2025
1 December 2025
Jeremy Corbyn, with Zarah Sultana (right) speaking at a discussion on Your Party, their new political party, at The World Transformed conference, at Niamos Radical Arts Centre in Hulme, Manchester. Picture date: Friday October 10, 2025
Your Party Conference 2025 / 28 November 2025
28 November 2025
Palestine Action supporters, outside Royal Courts of Justice in central London, where the judicial review of Government's proscription of Palestine Action is taking place. Picture date: Wednesday November 26, 2025
Britain / 26 November 2025
26 November 2025
East Midlands Railway trains sit at a depot in Derby
Transport / 26 November 2025
26 November 2025
A bin worker putting his head in his hands at the Perry Barr Household Recycling Centre in Birmingham, September 1, 2017
Birmingham / 25 November 2025
25 November 2025
People take part in a protest in support of Palestine Action in Nottingham, November 18, 2025
Britain / 19 November 2025
19 November 2025
People thought to be migrants boarding a small boat in Gravelines, France, November 6, 2025
Britain / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025
People take part in the Resist Racism Scotland rally in George Square, Glasgow, organised by Stand Up To Racism and the STUC, March 18, 2023
Human Rights / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves the BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, November 16, 2025
Human Rights / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025

Far-right figures ‘Tommy Robinson’ and Nigel Farage praise Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to force asylum seekers into 20 years of limbo before being able to settle in Britain

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, November 16, 2025
Britain / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025

Refugees face 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently

Closed gates at London's Paddington underground station
Transport / 16 November 2025
16 November 2025
Debris is visible after a dam burst at the small town of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, November 6, 2015
Britain / 14 November 2025
14 November 2025
A view of houses across Dover in Kent
Housing / 14 November 2025
14 November 2025
British political commentator Sami Hamdi speaks to the media in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, on his return to the U.K. after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 26 while on a speaking tour in the U.S
United States / 13 November 2025
13 November 2025
A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van during a demonstration of facial recognition technology by Surrey and Sussex Police at Surrey Police headquarters in Guildford, November 11, 2025
Policing / 13 November 2025
13 November 2025
A woman is detained by police officers as supporters of Palestine Action take part in a mass action in Parliament Square, Westminster, central London, August 9, 2025
Britain / 12 November 2025
12 November 2025
St George's Cross flags fly from lampposts in York, in Yorkshire. Picture date: Sunday August 31, 2025
Britain / 11 November 2025
11 November 2025

Health leaders caution that flags put up by far-right activists are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff

A homeless man, holding a sign reading 'Please help, homeless and hungry' in Victoria, London
Housing / 10 November 2025
10 November 2025
The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife, April 27, 2020
Climate Crisis / 7 November 2025
7 November 2025
RMT in Whitehall
Workers' Rights / 7 November 2025
7 November 2025
A general view of HMP Glenochil in Clackmannanshire, March 2019
Workers' Rights / 5 November 2025
5 November 2025
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Survey / 4 November 2025
4 November 2025

Front-line staff face ‘shocking levels of violence’ while at work

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Prison protest / 3 November 2025
3 November 2025
Andrew Windsor and Charles
Monarchy / 31 October 2025
31 October 2025

 Campaigners say the former prince must face criminal probe

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Britain / 31 October 2025
31 October 2025