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The vote count gets underway in the 2026 Senedd elections at Ysgol Bro Teifi, in Ceredigion. Picture date: Friday May 8, 2026

Editorial / 8 May 2026

The Morning Star view on the 2026 election results

8 May 2026

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley speak to police officers during a walkabout in the West End of London, July 30, 2025

Editorial / 7 May 2026

Sadiq Khan must sack Mark Rowley

7 May 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage being interviewed by the media after an eve of poll photocall at College Green, Westminster, on the last day of campaigning ahead of the local elections on Thursday, May 6, 2026

Editorial / 6 May 2026

Political fragmentation deepens as Britain goes to the polls

6 May 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

Editorial / 5 May 2026

The labour movement must demand more than subsidies

5 May 2026

People on Westminster Bridge as they take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in central London, October 11, 2025

Editorial / 4 May 2026

Cynicism and lies behind bid to ban Palestine protest

4 May 2026

Soldiers attend an event marking International Workers' Day at Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, May 1, 2026

Editorial / 3 May 2026

Defy Trump, resist imperialism and stand with socialist Cuba

3 May 2026

The scene in Golders Green, north-west London, after two men - one aged in his 70s and another in his 30s - were stabbed on Wednesday morning

Editorial / 1 May 2026

The Golders Green attacks and the state’s response

1 May 2026

People take part in a May Day march on Aldwych in London

Editorial / 1 May 2026

Working people of all countries, unite!

1 May 2026

Israeli soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Editorial / 29 April 2026

Imperialist delusions drive Britain towards an economic precipice

29 April 2026

Artist Kaya Mar has his last paintings referring to Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson on display in London, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 28 April 2026

Moral clarity versus Morgan McSweeney

28 April 2026

Striking refuse workers outside Perry Barr depot in Birmingham, April 28, 2026

Editorial / 28 April 2026

15 months on the picket line: how unity won in Birmingham

28 April 2026

Wales Green Party Leader Anthony Slaughter, Reform UK's Dan Thomas, Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister Eluned Morgan, Plaid Cymru of leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar and Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds

Editorial / 26 April 2026

Attention turns to Wales: Labour's long-term control under threat

26 April 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at Dodworth Central Social club in Barnsley, April 22, 2026

Editorial / 24 April 2026

The left must do all it can to keep Reform UK out

24 April 2026

A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, March 16, 2026

Editorial / 23 April 2026

Scottish TUC arms vote welcome

23 April 2026

President Donald Trump (left) gets a reaction from Britian's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington

Editorial / 22 April 2026

Look beyond Mandelson: Trump, and the US alliance, are the bigger picture

22 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to make a statement in the House of Commons, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 21 April 2026

Clear out Labour Together gang

21 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to make a statement in the House of Commons, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 20 April 2026

Don’t let Starmer talk himself out of this scandal

20 April 2026

College lecturers from across Scotland gather at a rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh following a morning on the picket line at their college campuses after walking out on strike action as a long-running dispute over pay and jobs continues. Picture date: Thursday February 29, 2024

Editorial / 19 April 2026

Scotland needs a new trajectory — can its unions point the way?

19 April 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at a press conference after a multinational coalition summit to facilitate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once the US-Iran war ends, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, April 17, 2026

Editorial / 18 April 2026

Starmer’s perfect storm

18 April 2026

Goods at a food bank

Editorial / 16 April 2026

Food crisis is the price of Trump’s war

16 April 2026

People take part in a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Russell Square to Whitehall in central London, June 21, 2025

Editorial / 15 April 2026

Suppressing protest won’t save the government or Labour Party

15 April 2026

Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, waves the Hungarian flag following the announcement of the partial results of the parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026

Editorial / 14 April 2026

Hungary and great power rivalry

14 April 2026

Former defence secretary George Robertson arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting, January 16, 2024

Editorial / 14 April 2026

Robertson has exposed truth - It’s warfare or welfare

14 April 2026

Central London following the UK-EU Summit, May 19, 2025

Editorial / 13 April 2026

Alignment with the EU won’t help workers — and is a political trap for the left

13 April 2026