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PERTINENT ECHOES: Memorials to the Easter Rising patriot Tom Clarke at Clarke station in Dundalk / Pic: Eric Jones/CC
Aw That / 31 January 2026
31 January 2026

MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used

Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
Birmingham Bin Workers' Strike / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026

Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaking at the launch of Class Ceiling at The Whitworth in Manchester, January 26, 2026
Britain / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and then shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves during a visit to the London Stock Exchange Group, September 22, 2023
Lobbying / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026

The Labour Growth Group and its think tank partner, the Good Growth Foundation, have taken funding from major lobbying firms linked to housebuilders, banks and Heathrow – raising questions about corporate influence at the heart of Starmer’s pro-growth project. SOLOMON HUGHES reports

A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed on Briggate in Leeds, as West Yorkshire Police use the facial recognition technology for the first time in Yorkshire, November 11, 2025
Policing / 26 January 2026
26 January 2026

Labour announces largest policing overhaul in 200 years, including the creation of a ‘British FBI,’ sparking human rights concerns

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the Nelson Medical Practice health centre in Wimbledon, south west London, January 26, 2026
Media / 27 January 2026
27 January 2026

As liberal commentators puzzle over the Prime Minister’s record-breaking unpopularity, the reasons remain glaringly obvious to everyone else, says IAN SINCLAIR

Andy Burnham speaking during the launch of his campaign for re-election as Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority, at the Salford Lads Club, April 3, 2024
Labour Party / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026

Trade unionists and MPs hit back at party executive's decision to block Greater Manchester mayor from running in upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election