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Equity flag. Photo: Equity
Equity Conference 2026 / 10 May 2026
West End producers face losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a day, warns Equity chief as strike ballot closes
10 May 2026
Paul W Fleming. Photo: Equity UK
Equity Conference 2026 / 10 May 2026
Starmer ‘disproportionately to blame’ for Reform's election wins, says Equity union leader
10 May 2026
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu who work at STV on the picket line outside their offices in Glasgow, May 8, 2026
Scotland / 8 May 2026
STV journalists and staff strike on day of Holyrood election counts
8 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
Healthcare / 8 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
8 May 2026
Fossil Free London
Climate Crisis / 7 May 2026
‘It’s time to break free from the fossil fuel doom loop’
7 May 2026

Labour urged to close energy tax loopholes as Shell reports ‘obscene’ £5bn profits thanks to Iran war

Heavy traffic heading northbound on the M5 Motorway in Somerset, April 6, 2026
Energy / 7 May 2026
Lower speed limits and boost windfall energy tax to mitigate £8bn Iran war cost, IPPR says
7 May 2026
A view of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff
Wales / 7 May 2026
Charity publishes manifesto to tackle Wales’s ‘clear and escalating’ accidental deaths crisis
7 May 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood during a meeting with representatives from criminal justice agencies at number 10 Downing Street, Westminster, following a terror attack in Golders Green, April 30, 2026
Human Rights / 6 May 2026
Sudanese torture victims launch legal challenge to Home Office bid to scrap refugee rights
6 May 2026
A protester is bundled out of....
Fossil Fuels / 6 May 2026
Aviva shareholders disrupt AGM in protest over Gaza, migrants and fossil fuel extraction
6 May 2026
Reform UK leader in Wales Dan Thomas speaking during a rally in Merthyr Tydfil, ahead of the May 7 Senedd election, May 5, 2026
Workers' Rights / 6 May 2026
Public sector workers warned Reform poses ‘significant’ risk to their futures
6 May 2026
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 / 6 May 2026
Britain’s biggest gas supplier reveals Iran war-driven £7.2bn quarterly profits as average bills set to rise
6 May 2026
A view of £5, £10, £20 and £50 bank notes
Economy / 6 May 2026
Unions call for ‘common sense’ bank windfall tax increase
6 May 2026