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WHEN SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE: Stephanie Fraser, a thoracic surgeon, demonstrates AI and robot technology used by NHS England speed up lung cancer diagnosis under the new NHS pilot, at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, January 2026
Science and Society / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026

When a computer program can outperform your human doctor, should you switch, ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

Pic: Author supplied
Features / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026

When only wealthier families can afford nursery, childcare becomes a class divide - financially and developmentally. REBECCA CARTER reports

STANDING HER GROUND: Welsh Labour Party MP Beth Winter (first from right front, when Welsh Labour Party MP) and Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside, Kim Johnson (to her left) on the picket line outside the office of HM Treasury, in Westminster in February 2023
Features / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026

David Nicholson spoke to BETH WINTER about her bid to become a Senedd member as an independent running on a community grassroots campaign

A bag of sand, a Section 21 and a life upended
Features / 5 May 2026
5 May 2026

Disabled tenant RUTH HUNT found herself evicted by her landlord of 10 years after asking for repairs. She explains why the end of no-fault evictions is cause for celebration

A left alliance seeking to unseat Labour in Camden
Features / 5 May 2026
5 May 2026

Can the unity built between the Camden People’s Alliance and the Green Party make an electoral breakthrough on the PM’s home territory this week? ANDREW MURRAY talks to some of those involved

Reform leader Nigel Farage who is hoping to make inroads in Wales at polls this week
Features / 5 May 2026
5 May 2026

Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON

REFORM OVERDUE: A view of the Scottish isle of Harris
Voices of Scotland / 5 May 2026
5 May 2026

Politicians must seize the opportunity to act boldly and tackle land inequality, delivering power to local communities, writes Dr JOSH DOBLE

A STITCH IN HISTORY: Oxford and District TUC’s vibrant new banner
Features / 4 May 2026
4 May 2026

Banner-maker JEANNIE HARRISON explains how the Oxford Trades Council banner commemorating the General Strike centenary came into being and what it symbolises

General Strike 1926
Features / 3 May 2026
3 May 2026

MARY DAVIS reviews a concise history highlighting the strength of rank-and-file action and the limits of trade union leadership in Britain’s greatest industrial conflict

Unite march
Features / 3 May 2026
3 May 2026

HENRY FOWLER, General Strike 100 national co-ordinator, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations, joining the National Day of Celebration in Barnsley. The event was organised by Unite for a Workers Economy (Unite the Union), the Durham Miners Association, and the National Union of Mineworkers

Alex Gordon
US Imperialism / 4 May 2026
4 May 2026

Communist Party of Britain general secretary ALEX GORDON speaks to Ben Chacko about the coming economic storm, the relentless drive to war and the prospects of fighting back

Broadcasting the news, during the General Strike of 1926, at a Government centre for the maintenance of essential services, May 1926
History / 4 May 2026
4 May 2026

The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY