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Composite of file images of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Count Binface, July 17, 202

Politics / 13 August 2026

Count Binface claims victory over Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election

13 August 2026

Scottish Labour's Michael Marra with then party leader Anas Sarwar, August 27, 2024

Politics / 13 August 2026

Scottish Labour leadership contenders scramble for nominations

13 August 2026

Houses under construction on a housing development in Basingstoke

Housing Crisis / 13 August 2026

Number of households in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

13 August 2026

Money is stacked on top of an water bill

Cost-of-Living Crisis / 13 August 2026

Water bill fury as toothless regulator backs unexpected bill hikes from next year

13 August 2026

Students celebrate their BTEC and T-Level results at Barking & Dagenham College, Romford, August 13, 2026

Education / 13 August 2026

Regional gaps in record A-level results lead to union calls for support

13 August 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during his visit to the Oval Community Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, to meet carers concerned about the cost of living as he continues his summer tour of the UK's nations and regions. Picture date: Wednesday August 12, 2026

Economy / 13 August 2026

Unions demand PM ‘turbo boosts’ his reindustrialisation agenda as figures show modest growth

13 August 2026

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Mental Health / 13 August 2026

Young people call for rethink of social media ban plans

13 August 2026

A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban

Workers' Rights / 13 August 2026

UCU votes to continue strikes at Heriot-Watt

13 August 2026

Campaigners protest against plans for drilling in the Rosebank oil field, outside the Department For Energy Security And Net Zero (DESNZ) in Westminster, central London, July 22, 2026

Climate Crisis / 13 August 2026

Approving Rosebank oil field would be a ‘betrayal’ of future generations, PM told

13 August 2026

Staff members in a corridor in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in St George's Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, January 2021

NHS Crisis / 13 August 2026

Corridor care remains at two-month high as NHS faces summer surge from heatwaves

13 August 2026

Autism pic [Pic: Peter Burdon / Creative Commons]

Education / 13 August 2026

Waiting times for autism assessments a ‘national government failure,’ campaigners say

13 August 2026

A vet holds a Bluetongue vaccine at Bixley Farms, Norfolk, May 2008

Animal Welfare / 13 August 2026

Second case of Bluetongue confirms in south-west Scotland

13 August 2026

Healthcare / 13 August 2026

‘Palliative care provision increasingly out of step with rising need’

13 August 2026

A view of the Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth

Climate Emergency / 12 August 2026

PM urged to consider impact of fossil fuels as he chair Cobra meeting on heatwave

12 August 2026

A poster on a bus stop in Clacton, August 12, 2026

Politics / 12 August 2026

Fake bus stops ads slam Nigel Farage on eve of Clacton by-election

12 August 2026

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Workers' Rights / 13 August 2026

Nurses collapsing at work as TUC calls for maximum workplace temperature laws

13 August 2026

Labour MSP Monica Lennon at the Protect The Right To Strike rally organised by the STUC, at the Donald Dewar Steps on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, February 1, 2023

Scotland / 12 August 2026

Campaign for Socialism backs Lennon for Scottish Labour leader

12 August 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner walk past shops during a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire, as part of his tour of the UK, August 11, 2026

Housing Crisis / 12 August 2026

Renters present Rayner with £20,001 cheque in protest against £20k property lobby fee

12 August 2026

A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed on Briggate in Leeds, November 11, 2025

Privacy / 12 August 2026

Civil liberty groups decry plans for live facial recognition cameras in Oxford Street

12 August 2026

Workers' Rights / 12 August 2026

Migrant workers liken zero-hour contracts to conditions during the Industrial Revolution

12 August 2026

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, March 5, 2026

Scotland / 12 August 2026

Campaigners renew call for moratorium on hyperscale data centres

12 August 2026

Trade unionist Sharon Graham the general secretary of Unite, delivers a speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 29, 2025

Trade Unions / 12 August 2026

Graham re-elected as Unite general secretary with two-thirds of the vote

12 August 2026

Students arrive for the Trinity May Ball at Cambridge University's Trinity College, June 22, 2026

Tribunal / 12 August 2026

Cambridge University ‘tried to shut down whistleblower’

12 August 2026

Doctor

NHS Crisis / 13 August 2026

Four in 10 doctors ‘struggle to provide sufficient care at least once a week’

13 August 2026

Union members and climate activists set up a ‘cool station’ outside Highbury and Islington station to hand out heatwave safety advice to workers [Pic: Immo Klink]

Heatwave strikes / 11 August 2026

PM rejects unions and climate activists' calls to set maximum workplace temperature

11 August 2026

More than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner (second right) speak with police officers on a walk through the town centre during a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire, August 11, 2026

Economy / 11 August 2026

Burnham must do more than point the finger at ‘rogue traders’ to revitalise Britain's high streets, campaigner warn

11 August 2026

Flowers left next to a memorial stone in Reading, dedicated to the memory of Police Constable Andrew Harper of Thames Valley Police, April 23, 2026

Justice System / 11 August 2026

Probation officers back strikes over earlier prisoner release as PM promises cop killers to remain behind bars

11 August 2026

Firefighters spray water onto burnt ground at a blaze on heathland in the New Forest National Park near Ringwood in Hampshire, August 11, 2026

Wildfires / 11 August 2026

More historic sites at ‘risk from climate change’ as firefighters work ‘tirelessly’ in New Forest

11 August 2026

The sun rises over the central London skyline, August 6, 2026

Climate Crisis / 11 August 2026

Older people urged to take extra care during extreme heat as amber warnings issued

11 August 2026

Climate activists outside teh Walkie Talkie building in London, August 11, 2026 [Pic: Vladimir Morozov]

Activism / 11 August 2026

Corporate spies tailing peaceful protesters believed to be former City of London police

11 August 2026

Pupils eating school dinners

Britain / 12 August 2026

Pupils newly eligible for free school meals at risk of missing out

12 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

Social care ‘postcode lottery’ shows huge variation in support across England

11 August 2026

Society / 11 August 2026

End the ‘marketised failure’ of social care with a publicly owned national care service, Communists demand

11 August 2026

A view of signage for HM Treasury in Westminster, London

Workers' Rights / 11 August 2026

Treasury ‘materially contributed’ to worker's death, coroner says

11 August 2026

Labour / 12 August 2026

Another 13 hotels housing asylum-seekers close as government continues moving people into alternative sites

12 August 2026

Physiotherapy [Pic: Sincerely Media / Creative Commons]

Healthcare / 12 August 2026

Patients needing physiotherapy ‘not getting quality of care they deserve’

12 August 2026