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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
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and education, skills and equality spokesperson for Reform UK Suella Braverman during a walkabout in Waterlooville, Hampshire, whilst on the campaign trail for the upcoming local elections, May 1, 2026
Britain / 5 May 2026
Pay equality could be set back years under Reform's local government plans, warns Unison
5 May 2026
A Google logo on the screen of a mobile phone, in London. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Technology / 5 May 2026
Google DeepMind workers launch union recognition bid amid concerns AI tools enabling Gaza genocide
5 May 2026
Labour MP Ian Lavery addresses infected blood victims and campaigners during a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, February 28, 2024
Britain / 1 May 2026
Workplace violence is ‘out of control,’ say MPs backing union calls for legal reforms
1 May 2026
School children in a classroom
Britain / 1 May 2026
Education the last front-line public service fighting ‘dark forces of hate,’ union leader says
1 May 2026
A primary school teacher looking stressed next to piles of classroom books
Education / 1 May 2026
Ofsted putting pressure on teachers to the ‘point of destruction’
1 May 2026
Protesters hold up placards at a demonstration against the ban on Palestine Action, in Trafalgar Square, central London, April 11, 2026
Britain / 29 April 2026
Met accused of inconsistent policing after resuming Palestine Action arrests outside Court of Appeal
29 April 2026
The Bank of England in the City of London
Britain / 29 April 2026
Britain at risk of recession and soaring inflation if Iran war doesn't end quickly, think tank warns
29 April 2026
A general view of the passenger terminal building at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster
Transport / 29 April 2026
Unions protest at Reform-led council's U-turn on reopening Doncaster-Sheffield airport
29 April 2026
The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester [Pic: Gerald England / Creative Commons]
Britain / 29 April 2026
Second union official sacked at luxury central Manchester hotel
29 April 2026
Protesters hold up placards at a demonstration against the ban on Palestine Action, in Trafalgar Square, central London, April 11, 2026
Activism / 28 April 2026
Pro-Palestine Action letter signed by law professors handed to Court of Appeal
28 April 2026
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in the X-ray department at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in East Lancashire, May 17, 2020
Healthcare / 28 April 2026
Housing issues costing NHS £102m as mental health patients stuck in hospital beds
28 April 2026
Flowers and tributes left at the Hillsborough Memorial outside Anfield stadium, Liverpool, following the collapse of the Hillsborough trial, May 26, 2021
Justice for the 97 / 28 April 2026
Labour MPs slam Starmer for fresh Hillsborough Law delay
28 April 2026