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First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney speaking during a press conference at Grassmarket Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, following the 2026 Holyrood elections, May 9, 2026

Scotland / 10 May 2026

Swinney says Scotland needs to decide its own future and make the country ‘fully Farage-proofed’

10 May 2026

Kerr charity cycle

Cycling / 7 May 2026

The Morning Star’s Scotland reporter sets off on 500-mile bike ride in support of CWU Humanitarian Aid

7 May 2026

Supporters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, where Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani and Zoe Rogers are facing a retrial, April 23, 2026

Britain / 5 May 2026

Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage over factory raid

5 May 2026

People demonstrate outside the Old Bailey in central London after a police marksman who fatally shot Chris Kaba has been cleared of his murder, October 21, 2024

Britain / 5 May 2026

Met marksman who shot Chris Kaba will learn misconduct hearing decision in July

5 May 2026

Chains secure the doors of pub in London

Britain / 5 May 2026

Around two pubs in Britain closing each day after tax hikes, figures suggest

5 May 2026

A woman's hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard

Britain / 5 May 2026

Advances in technology making it easier for criminals to recruit and control victims, report warns

5 May 2026

Members of the Jewish community at the scene in Golders Green, north-west London, after two men - one aged in his 70s and another in his 30s - were stabbed on Wednesday morning. The Metropolitan Police said a 45-year-old man was arrested and remains in custody ,April 29, 2026

Crime / 29 April 2026

Golders Green anti-semitic attack condemned by Jewish groups

29 April 2026

Students eat lunch in the school canteen

Education / 23 April 2026

A huge 89% of parents support free school meals for all primary school pupils in England

23 April 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood delivers a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in Westminster, London, March 5, 2026

Britain / 23 April 2026

Home secretary must drop cruel plans to restrict rights of essential migrant workers

23 April 2026

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, November 4, 2025

Policing / 17 April 2026

London mayor urged to reverse Met’s decision to hand capital to ‘Tommy Robinson’ on Nakba Day

17 April 2026

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

Britain / 17 April 2026

Compensation to victims of major scandals could reach £15bn, watchdog finds

17 April 2026

A group of people comfort each other during a service at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London during the annual national Covid-19 day of reflection, March 8, 2026

Covid-19 / 16 April 2026

Britain must be better prepared for another pandemic, inquiry warns

16 April 2026

A man goes jogging on an autumn morning in Dublin's Phoenix park, October 7, 2022

Inequality / 15 April 2026

People in most deprived areas have 20 fewer years of good health than those in wealthier parts, new data shows

15 April 2026

A view of bank notes

Social Care / 13 April 2026

Estimated 25,000 unpaid carers to have debts cut or cancelled

13 April 2026

The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire

Britain / 9 April 2026

Ministers urged to end fracking ‘loophole’ ahead of Yorkshire planning decision

9 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an update in the Downing Street Briefing Room, London, on the latest situation in the Middle East and how the government is supporting families at home, April 1, 2026

Britain / 1 April 2026

Starmer urged by unions to avoid ‘Trump-slump’ over Iran war impact

1 April 2026

An F15 fighter jet landing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk

Britain / 1 April 2026

Anti-War protesters set up international peace camp at RAF Lakenheath

1 April 2026

School girls walking to school

Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026

Union survey shows two-thirds of schools rely on donations to survive

30 March 2026

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Environment / 29 March 2026

Badenoch admits oil and gas drilling will do nothing to lower bills

29 March 2026

Defence Secretary John Healey thanks military personnel during a visit to the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, London, March 12, 2026

Human Rights / 23 March 2026

British man jailed in Iran criticises government for abandonment in war zone

23 March 2026

Water Bills Boycott campaigners demonstrate in Margate, March 19, 202

Privatisation / 20 March 2026

Campaigners protest in Margate ahead of water bill boycotter Julie Wassmer’s court showdown against Southern Water

20 March 2026

Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal

Courts / 17 March 2026

A ‘ludicrous misuse of state power against civil liberties’

17 March 2026

Lawyer slams prosecution on final day Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop the War Coalition vice-chair Chris Nineham's trial

Benjamin Jamal leaving Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London, February 21, 2025

Britain / 16 March 2026

Judge throws out ‘no case to answer’ defence as Nineham and Jamal hearing returns to court

16 March 2026

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

Britain / 16 March 2026

Sharp rise in young people out of work due to health problems

16 March 2026

Fujitsu UK head office in Bracknell

Britain / 13 March 2026

MPs slam for Fujitsu for not contributing ‘a penny’ to redress Bill for Horizon scandal victims

13 March 2026

A view of BBC Broadcasting House in central London

Media / 13 March 2026

BBC World Service journalists demand urgent agreement over funding

13 March 2026

Ambulance workers on the picket line outside London Ambulance Service (LAS) in Waterloo, south London, February 10, 2023

Healthcare / 12 March 2026

NHS bosses must listen to staff amid three-year high violence

12 March 2026

A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the US-Israeli air strikes on Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026

Middle East / 12 March 2026

US-Israeli war on Iran branded an ‘epic war crime’

12 March 2026

Kneecap's Moglai Bap speaks during a press conference at Conway Mill in Belfast, March 11, 2026

Britain / 11 March 2026

CPS loses appeal over Kneecap rapper terror case

11 March 2026

An Accident and Emergency sign

Healthcare / 11 March 2026

NHS staff are avoiding eye contact with patients because they are ‘embarrassed’ of treatment

11 March 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood delivers a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in Westminster, London, March 5, 2026

Britain / 11 March 2026

Home Secretary bans pro-Palestine march ‘to prevent serious disorder’

11 March 2026

A woman showing signs of depression (picture posed by a model)

Scotland / 10 March 2026

Violence against women and girls must be treated as a public health crisis, coalition warns

10 March 2026

People take part in the 18th annual Million Women Rise march in central London, on International Women's Day, to demonstrate against male violence against women and girls, March 8, 2025

International Women's Day 2026 / 8 March 2026

Thousands gather for annual march against violence against women

8 March 2026

Hundreds of fathers take part in a ‘Dad Strike’ outside the Department for Business and Trade in London, to raise awareness of the UK's paternity rights, June 11, 2025

Parental Leave / 9 March 2026

Tradesmen to hand condoms to MPs in call for paternity leave for self-employed

9 March 2026

'Protest gave us the Right to Vote'. Photo: Andrea Domeniconi

Britain / 6 March 2026

Climate campaigners dressed as suffragettes stage anti-protest laws demonstration

6 March 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood delivers a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in Westminster, London, March 5, 2026

Britain / 6 March 2026

Defend Our Juries demands Mahmood drops appeal against Palestine Action ban lift

6 March 2026

British Transport Police at St Pancras International station, London

Transport / 4 March 2026

RMT demands specific criminal offence for assaulting public transport workers in line with retailers

4 March 2026

a Unison flag flying in front of the sun as public sector wo

Britain / 4 March 2026

Next Welsh government must prioritise lifting women out of poverty, says Unison

4 March 2026

Pupils in a classroom

Education / 28 February 2026

Schools ‘running on empty,’ union warns as teachers begin voting in indicative strike ballot

28 February 2026

A police car at the entrance to he Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, February 22, 2026

Britain / 22 February 2026

Searches continue as government does not rule out Andrew and Epstein links inquiry

22 February 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Healthcare / 23 February 2026

NHS ‘maze’ leaving patients frustrated and confused, report shows

23 February 2026

A view of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

Wales / 23 February 2026

Senedd Committee challenges Welsh Government’s local growth fund approach

23 February 2026

Emma Kamio, mother of Leona Kamio, addresses the media and supporters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, February 4, 2026

Britain / 20 February 2026

Palestine Action activists granted bail

20 February 2026

The then UK Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson arriving at the Cabinet Office in central London, June 18, 2025

Britain / 20 February 2026

Mandelson lobbying firm in administration following ‘maelstrom’ caused by peer's links to Epstein

20 February 2026

Green Party leader Zack Polanski with the Green Party Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Hannah Spencer speaking to Green Party volunteers at Granada Park in Denton, February 7, 2026

Green Party / 20 February 2026

Greens ‘confident but not complacent’ that they can win Gorton and Denton by-election

20 February 2026

gender pay gap

Britain / 15 February 2026

Unions reveal women finally got paid this weekend

15 February 2026

Covid memorial

Britain / 15 February 2026

Bereaved families welcome last session of the Covid Inquiry

15 February 2026

Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth

Britain / 15 February 2026

New Catholic archbishop addresses churches abuse failures

15 February 2026

Activists from Jewish Anti-Zionist Action and other Jewish grassroots groups protest against the launch of ‘Reform Jewish Alliance’ at Central Synagogue, London, February 11, 2026 [Pic: Talia Woodin]

Anti-Racism / 11 February 2026

Jewish campaigners protest against Reform UK's launch of Jewish alliance group at synagogue

11 February 2026

oil platform

Environment / 9 February 2026

Ex-oil workers join forces to campaign against climate failures

9 February 2026

Economy / 9 February 2026

Many councils expect to need emergency bailouts despite funding rise

9 February 2026

Britain / 2 February 2026

Charities launch appeal to reverse Nice decision on life-saving cancer treatment

2 February 2026

Umer Khalid [Pic: Prisoners for Palestine]

Justice System / 25 January 2026

Health fears mount for last Prisoners for Palestine hunger striker

25 January 2026

A primary school teacher looking stressed next to piles of classroom books

Education / 23 January 2026

Just under half of school leaders needed mental health support in last year, survey says

23 January 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is interrupted by a small child at the ribbon cutting during an NHS data day visit to the New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre in Croydon, south London, January 15, 2026

Healthcare / 22 January 2026

England among worst in Europe for child health, MPs warn

22 January 2026

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Your Paper / 22 January 2026

Morning Star holds poetry anthology launch event in Glasgow

22 January 2026

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, January 3, 2026

Venezuela / 14 January 2026

British-made weapons used in Venezuela attack

14 January 2026

Leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth applauds after Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle is declared winner for the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, at Caerphilly Leisure Centre, October 24, 2025

Wales / 14 January 2026

Plaid surging ahead of Reform in Welsh election polls

14 January 2026

People watch the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, January 9, 2026

Britain / 12 January 2026

Communists condemn Britain's failure on international law

12 January 2026

26/11/25 of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaving Downing Street, London

Home Office / 11 January 2026

Mahmood to end duty to support some asylum seekers

11 January 2026