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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to soldiers at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, during his three-day trip to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus, December 10, 2024
Editorial: / 4 March 2026
4 March 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, September 18, 2025
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

Prime Minister urged to ditch Trump as campaigners warn US's illegal war in Iran will raise energy bills and worsen public services

Chancellor Rachel Reeves during a tour of Octopus Energy offices in London, February 25, 2026
Economy / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026
War / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead, September 30, 2023
Climate Crisis / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central, February 27, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets local party members in London, after the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former MP Andrew Gwynne who cited health reasons for his decision. Picture date: Friday February 27, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, February 26, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
Green Party candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Hannah Spencer (right) takes a selfie outside the polling station in St Agnes Primary School, Levenshulme during the by-election, February 26, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026

While the result signals a restless appetite for real change, it also underlines how much organising, beyond the ballot box, is still required to turn protest into lasting transformation, argues DAN ROSS

Labour Party candidate Angeliki Stogia is joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell during a campaign event in Gorton, Manchester, February 26, 2026
Aw That / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR

Newly-elected Green MP for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, eats chips in curry sauce from a takeaway near her constituency office in Manchester, February 27, 2026
Editorial / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
 06/05/23 of The Duke of York departs Westminster Abbey, London, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and is in police custody. Issue date: Thursday February 19, 2026
Eyes Wright / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

With our ruling class struggling to secure a new vehicle for power and the disintegration of the traditional party system, a volatile new chapter is opening, sharpened by war, austerity and electoral distortion, argues NICK WRIGHT

Lord Peter Mandelson leaving his home in Wiltshire. Lord Mandelson has resigned from the Labour Party and quit the House of Lords since the latest tranche of Epstein Files were released in the US. The London and Wiltshire homes of Lord Peter Mandelson have been searched by officers as part of the Metropolitan Police's probe into alleged misconduct in public office, February 20, 2026
Politics / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

KEITH FLETT highlights the inimical role of the strategist who helped shape Tony Blair’s ascent and whose political blueprint continues to echo in the era of Keir Starmer

Downing Street chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, in Downing Street, central London, ahead of the visit today of President Zelensky, October 10, 2024
Editorial / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026
Pupils in a classroom
Education / 23 February 2026
23 February 2026
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
Editorial: / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Protesters celebrate outside the High Court, central London, after it rules in favour of Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori's challenge over the ban of the organisation as a terror group, February 13, 2026
Activism / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

Court strikes down Palestine Action ban as government slammed for its promise to fight the decision in appeals

Then Business Secretary Lord Mandelson dancing with Hannah Mackenzie in the Tower Ballroom when he visited Blackpool while on the General Election campaign trail, April 15, 2010
Politics / 14 February 2026
14 February 2026

A political culture of spin and wilful blindness where journalists play along with power has meant the so-called ‘Prince of Darkness’ has been given an easy ride by the media – until now… MATT KERR reports

Screen grab taken from Parliament TV of the introduction of Lord Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords, London, January 12, 2026
Democracy / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos CEO and minority shareholder of Manchester United, March 11, 2025
Anti-Racism / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

Tax exile Sir Jim Ratcliffe slammed after claiming that ‘UK is being colonised’ immigrants

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy at BBC Broadcasting House in London, after her appearance on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, January 18, 2026
Politics / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Panshanger Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Tuesday February 10, 2026
Politics / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a community centre in Hertfordshire, February 10, 2026
Editorial: / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, February 11, 2026
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington
US / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE