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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

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

People take part in a National Housing Demo in central London, to demand better council housing and rent controls against unaffordable housing, April 18, 2026

Housing Crisis / 28 April 2026

Temporary rent freeze won't stop landlords hiking prices after, campaigners warn

28 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech to the Usdaw conference in north west,England, setting out efforts to crack down on retail crime, April 27, 2026

Usdaw Conference 2026 / 27 April 2026

Shop workers are hidden victims of the cost-of-living crisis, Usdaw official warns as Starmer welcomes slight fall in shop thefts

27 April 2026

A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026

Britain / 27 April 2026

Striking Birmingham bin workers ‘vindicated’ as end to long-running dispute ‘within sight’

27 April 2026

A Tesco home delivery van

Usdaw Conference 2026 / 26 April 2026

77 per cent of grocery delivery drivers abused in the past year, survey finds

26 April 2026

USDAW General Secretary and Labour Unions Chair Joanne Thomas speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025

Usdaw Conference 2026 / 26 April 2026

Usdaw’s first female general secretary vows to ‘keep on smashing ceilings’ in inaugural conference speech

26 April 2026

A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, March 16, 2026

Warfare / 24 April 2026

‘Starmer must end Trump’s use of British bases’

24 April 2026

Thousands of protesters to demand an end to Britain’s involvement in the Iran war

Campaigners protest outside Parliament in Westminster, London, ahead of a debate in the House of Commons on assisted dying, April 29, 2024

Assisted Dying Bill / 24 April 2026

Starmer accused of ‘intimidating’ Labour MPs as assisted dying bill runs out of time

24 April 2026

People on Westminster Bridge as they take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in central London, October 11, 2025

Local elections / 24 April 2026

Nearly 1,700 council candidates make Pledge for Palestine

24 April 2026

Pupils in a classroom

Education / 23 April 2026

Send cuts lead to calls for targeted funding measures

23 April 2026

The oil platform Stena Spey is moved with tugboats amongst other rigs that have been left in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in the Highlands of Scotland

North Sea / 23 April 2026

‘Urgent action’ on North Sea decommissioning could create up to 25,000 jobs and a £15 billion economic boost, think tank says

23 April 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at Dodworth Central Social club in Barnsley, April 22, 2026

Reform UK / 24 April 2026

Reform candidates' misogyny, racism and extreme views unearthed in Labour report

24 April 2026

The Bank of England in the City of London

Economy / 22 April 2026

Inflation rises to 3.3% as Iran war drives fuel price hikes

22 April 2026

Children playing on swings in a park

Britain / 22 April 2026

MPs decry ‘absolutely scandalous’ 104 child deaths linked to temporary accommodation

22 April 2026

Security outside Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London after an attempted arson attack was made overnight, according to MP Sarah Sackman, April 15, 2026

Racism / 19 April 2026

Police uncover third arson attack on Jewish sites in London in a week today

19 April 2026

Ministers urged to end ‘extremely dangerous’ conflation of criticism of Israel with anti-semitism

Lord Peter Mandelson outside his home in London, April 17, 2026

Labour Party / 19 April 2026

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson appointment if he'd known of vetting failure, ministers insist

19 April 2026

Take Back Power protesters Pic:v Will Colebourne

Policing / 19 April 2026

Undercover Mail journalist arrested as police raid Take Back Power non-violence training event

19 April 2026

Housing march protest Anita Waithira Israel / Creative Commons

Housing Crisis / 19 April 2026

Thousands demand ministers put ‘renters before their super-rich mates’

19 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and Peter Mandelson, February 27, 2025

Labour Party / 17 April 2026

Pressure mounts on PM to resign over Mandelson appointment

17 April 2026

Two women studying the house price signs in an estate agents window, in Kentish Town, London

Housing / 17 April 2026

Thousands to attend biggest protest for affordable housing in more than a decade

17 April 2026

Labour First Minister of Wales Baroness Eluned Morgan addresses an audience of members and candidates at Newport Market, March 2, 2026

Wales / 17 April 2026

Welsh Labour leader met with local scepticism after 11th hour criticism of US plans for Pembrokeshire space radars

17 April 2026

A Universal Credit sign on a door of a job centre plus in east London

Britain / 17 April 2026

Labour MP says government plans to cut disability benefits for under-22s ‘won't get them into work’

17 April 2026

A man sits next to charred cars and wreckage where a building was destroyed by an Israeli air strike the previous Wednesday, in central Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2026

Warfare / 15 April 2026

Farage and Badenoch slammed for Iran war support after Britain predicted to be hardest hit among G7

15 April 2026

Reform UK leader in Wales Dan Thomas (left) and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the Reform UK manifesto launch for the Senedd elections in May, at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, March 5, 2026

Wales / 15 April 2026

Reform's Wales leader championed disastrous outsourcing when a senior Tory councillor, Unison Cymru warns

15 April 2026

A South East Water customer arrives to collect bottled water at a water station in East Grinstead, after bad weather was blamed for more water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex, January 13, 2026

Privatisation / 14 April 2026

Campaigners demand government cancel South East Water's contract after bosses admit to failings

14 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the end of the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House, in central London, May 19, 2025Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the end of the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House, in central London, May 19, 2025

Britain / 13 April 2026

Starmer's plan to impose EU single market rules without full scrutiny slammed as ‘hypocrisy’

13 April 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Healthcare / 14 April 2026

Nearly half of international health workers considering leaving the country, Unison research finds

14 April 2026

People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in central London, October 11, 2025

Britain / 13 April 2026

MPs and campaigners condemn government plans to ban repeat protests

13 April 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Healthcare / 12 April 2026

Urgent care centre expansion won’t end corridor care, RCEM warns

12 April 2026

A general view of a Prison

Britain / 13 April 2026

‘Warning siren’ as prison officer experience falls to lowest level in 15 years, POA says

13 April 2026

Healthcare / 13 April 2026

At least 21,000 NHS job cuts across England by 2028 as trusts struggle with £1.1bn deficit, Unison reveals

13 April 2026

(left to right) Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney at the CBI Scotland Joint Business Hustings, Edinburgh, April 2, 2026

Scotland / 12 April 2026

SNP and Labour clash over NHS ahead of Scottish elections TV debate

12 April 2026

Social media apps on a mobile phone

Britain / 13 April 2026

Fresh concerns over under-16s social media ban after polling suggests it is failing in Australia

13 April 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer boards a plane at the airport in Doha, Qatar, following his visit to the Gulf region, April 10, 2026

Iran War / 10 April 2026

Hypocrite PM slammed for blaming Trump while Britain aids and abets illegal war

10 April 2026

Displaced child scramble for donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026

Middle East / 10 April 2026

Trump's Gaza peace plan is failing with at least two children dying every day, humanitarian groups say six months on

10 April 2026

A screengrab taken from video dated July 27, 2023, issued by the Crown Office and procurator Fiscal Service showing Lee Milne walking ahead of Kimberly Milne while leaving supermarket at Kingsway, Dundee

Britain / 10 April 2026

Domestic abuser jailed for causing wife's suicide

10 April 2026

Protesters celebrate outside the High Court, central London, where Dame Victoria Sharp, Mr Justice Swift and Mrs Justice Steyn have ruled in favour of Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori's challenge over the ban of the organisation as a terror group. The Government will appeal against the High Court's decision, February 13, 2026

Activism / 10 April 2026

Thousands to protest Palestine Action ban after police resume sign-holder arrests

10 April 2026

A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

Workers' Rights / 10 April 2026

Scotland now lacks an entire year’s cohort of nurses, RCN warns

10 April 2026

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025

Britain / 9 April 2026

New union workplace access rules will boost Britain's productivity, TUC says after business group criticism

9 April 2026

Defence Secretary John Healey delivers a statement on recent UK operational activity at 9 Downing Street in Westminster, central London, April 9, 2026

Britain / 9 April 2026

Britain tracked Russian submarines off north coast for a month during Iran war

9 April 2026

Ant-war protesters outside RAF Lakenheath, April 4 2026 [Pic: RichardBayfield]

Peace / 6 April 2026

Retired colonel apologises for US's illegal wars in the Middle East at RAF Lakenheath peace camp

6 April 2026

Smoke rises as Israeli forces raid the occupied West Bank ci

Local Government / 6 April 2026

JVL praises council for twinning with West Bank city after claims of ‘marginalising’ Jews

6 April 2026

Sharon Graham at the Unite policy conference 2025

Workers' Rights / 6 April 2026

Labour's business-friendly changes to Fair Work Agency leave it at risk of becoming ‘another toothless regulator’

6 April 2026

Sick [Kelly Sikkema / Creative Commons]

Workers' Rights / 6 April 2026

Up to 9.6m workers now benefit from improved sick pay thanks to Employment Rights Act

6 April 2026

NHS resident doctors protesting outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, during a five-day strike after talks with the Government collapsed over pay, July 25, 2025

Workers' Rights / 6 April 2026

Resident doctors to strike for six days from April 7

6 April 2026

A view of £5, £10, £20 and £50 bank notes

Britain / 4 April 2026

Cap prices now to save jobs and industry, unions demand

4 April 2026

A no fuel available sign on a petrol station forecourt at a Sainsbury's in Brislington, Bristol, April 3, 2026

Energy / 3 April 2026

Energy fat cats' personal fortunes soar thanks to the Iran war

3 April 2026

Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, December 1, 2025

Britain / 3 April 2026

Unite accuses Birmingham City Council of strike-breaking

3 April 2026

A pregnant woman holding her stomach

Education / 3 April 2026

Teachers need 26 weeks maternity leave amid ‘national scandal’ over numbers quitting the classroom, NASUWT leader says

3 April 2026