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Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing. Picture date: Tuesday November 12, 2024
Climate Crisis / 5 November 2025
Tory drilling plans would hand millions to oil and gas giants
5 November 2025
Then chairman of the John Lewis partnership Charlie Mayfield, October 6, 2015
Workers' Rights / 5 November 2025
Disability benefits back in the firing line
5 November 2025

Ex-John Lewis boss calls for action against Britain’s ‘sick note culture’ as unions fear proposals target disabled

A neonatal nurse carries a premature baby to his mother in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital, May 2020
Healthcare / 5 November 2025
Scottish government face calls for national investigation into maternity care
5 November 2025
Acorn activists
Renters' Rights / 5 November 2025
Acorn demand Reeves be fined for not having a renting license
5 November 2025
Doon Castle at Loch Doon, Carrick, Scotland
Britain / 6 November 2025
SNP land reform branded a ‘boon to billionaires’
6 November 2025
People taking part in a demonstration in Edinburgh organised by Defend Our Juries, supporting Palestine, outside Queen Elizabeth House, the UK Government building in Edinburgh, September 6, 2025
Protest / 5 November 2025
Attorney General accused of diverting counterterrorism resources away from ‘real threats to the public’
5 November 2025
A ScotRail train at Edinburgh Waverley Station
Workers' Rights / 5 November 2025
Scottish government urged to ditch PFI and Roscos for ScotRail
5 November 2025
Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis / 5 November 2025
Activists disrupt BP panel over hurricane-fuelling profits
5 November 2025
Commuters wait to board a tram in Manchester, May 2020
Workers' Rights / 5 November 2025
Transport for Greater Manchester workers begin strikes as pay row escalates
5 November 2025
Activists place gravestones in Victoria Tower Gardens, London, during a Greenpeace demonstration, March 13, 2024
Fuel Poverty / 5 November 2025
Slashing Britain’s £21.7bn home insulation scheme would be ‘short-sighted act of betrayal,’ Reeves warned
5 November 2025
Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the mayoral election in New York, November 4, 2025
Socialism / 5 November 2025
British left hails Mamdani's win in New York
5 November 2025
Protesters from Just Stop Oil outside the Shell Centre on the South Bank, take part in what it claims will be their last direct action protest in central London. Picture date: Saturday April 26, 2025
Climate Crisis / 6 November 2025
Campaigners demand investigation into Shell-Equinor deal
6 November 2025
Reform UK MP for Runcorn, Sarah Pochin speaks during the party's annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. Picture date: Saturday September 6, 2025
Parliament / 5 November 2025
Lammy slams Reform UK's Pochin for remarks that belong in the ‘dark ages’
5 November 2025
A firework Erwan Hesry / Creative Commons
Britain / 5 November 2025
Ban private sales of fireworks, say Scottish Greens
5 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, ahead of the Budget later this month, November 4, 2025
The Budget / 4 November 2025
Tax the rich not workers, unions tell Reeves
4 November 2025
Crime / 4 November 2025
Damning review finds 52 failures to stop head teacher's sex crimes
4 November 2025
A view of the entrance to Sir Keir Starmer's house in Kentish Town, north London after a suspected arson attack, May 13, 2025
Britain / 4 November 2025
Protesters could be jailed for six months for demonstrating outside politicians’ homes
4 November 2025
Plaid Cymru's newly elected Senedd member Lindsay Whittle speaks during a rally at Caerphilly Castle after victory for the party in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, October 24, 2025
Wales / 4 November 2025
Caerphilly by-election victor enters Senedd and demands change
4 November 2025
The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh, April 2021
Education / 4 November 2025
Colleges face insolvency after years of ‘chronic’ underfunding
4 November 2025
A general view of HMP Glenochil in Clackmannanshire, March 2019
Workers' Rights / 5 November 2025
Prison officers demand change to 'completely unacceptable' retirement age
5 November 2025
Pro-assisted dying campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament, London, ahead of Assisted Dying Bill being debated in the House of Lords for the first time. Picture date: Friday September 12, 2025
Scotland / 4 November 2025
MSPs consider amendments to assisted dying bill
4 November 2025
teachers at Flint High School staged their 10th day of strike action
Workers' Rights / 4 November 2025
Teachers' strike at school in North Wales enters 10th day
4 November 2025
UVW members
Workers' Rights / 4 November 2025
UVW secures union recognition at Science Museum
4 November 2025
Zarah Sultana speaks during a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in Whitehall, central London, October 11, 2025
Parliamentary Politics / 4 November 2025
Your Party reaches 50,000 members
4 November 2025
Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in the Cuts Leave Scars rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, October 26, 2023
Public Services / 5 November 2025
Firefighters call on Reeves to tax the rich and boost fire service funds in upcoming budget
5 November 2025
Issy Taylor, 25, from Worcester, says her mother suffered fertility issues after her own mother took the drug
Healthcare / 4 November 2025
Hundreds of victims of ‘silent scandal’ pregnancy drug call for public inquiry
4 November 2025
mark drakeford
Wales budget / 3 November 2025
Teachers’ leaders slam details of Welsh budget
3 November 2025
the Ritzy barbers in Fletton
Courts / 3 November 2025
Train stabbing spree accused appears in court as police probe a series of knife attacks
3 November 2025
sami
Palestine rights / 3 November 2025
Family of British journalist demand government action after he suffers health emergency in US detention
3 November 2025
sharon
Economy / 3 November 2025
Energy firms raking in £30bn with annual profit margins three times national average
3 November 2025
shopping
Cost-of-living crisis / 4 November 2025
Millions of households ‘made adjustments to cover essential costs’
4 November 2025
A general view of HMP Pentonville, north London, August 2018
Prisons Crisis / 5 November 2025
Decency a ‘casualty’ in overcrowded Scots prison, inspectors warn
5 November 2025
stressed
Survey / 4 November 2025
Widespread violence against front-line workers ‘unacceptable’
4 November 2025

Front-line staff face ‘shocking levels of violence’ while at work

News snippets / 3 November 2025
Wales in briefs
3 November 2025
reform
Economy / 3 November 2025
Reform is the party of austerity, TUC warns
3 November 2025
cumbria landslip
Industrial / 3 November 2025
Rail unions raise safety concerns after train derails in Cumbria
3 November 2025
Health / 3 November 2025
Swinney finds £25.5m in effort to cut NHS waiting lists
3 November 2025
steadman
Courts / 3 November 2025
Ex-Labour councillor appears in court accused of Westminster honeytrap
3 November 2025
dundee protest
Industrial / 3 November 2025
UCU announces week-long strike at Dundee University
3 November 2025
Macallan
Industrial / 3 November 2025
GMB engineers at Macallan to strike
3 November 2025
heba
Prison protest / 3 November 2025
Third prisoner joins Palestine hunger strike
3 November 2025
Prisoners for Palestine
Gaza Genocide / 2 November 2025
Palestine activists begin prison hunger strikes amid government ‘witch hunt’
2 November 2025
Andrew Windsor arriving for the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral, central London, September 16, 2025
Monarchy / 2 November 2025
Andrew to be stripped of last honorary military title at the Charles Windsor's request
2 November 2025
Lorraine Kelly in the press room after being presented with the Bafta Special Award at the Bafta TV Awards 2024, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, May 12, 2024
Class / 2 November 2025
Lorraine Kelly calls for more working-class voices in the media
2 November 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and then British ambassador to the US Lord Peter Mandelson in Washington, DC, February 27, 2025
Honour System / 2 November 2025
Strip the ‘prince of darkness’ of peerage, SNP demands
2 November 2025
IWGB Game Workers
Workers' Rights / 2 November 2025
More than 30 staff working on GTA 6 sacked in ‘union-busting’ move, says IWGB
2 November 2025
Britain / 2 November 2025
News in brief: November 2, 2025
2 November 2025
Floral tributes left by the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield, Liverpool, on the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, November 2, 2025
Health and Safety / 2 November 2025
Hillsborough Law will not be watered down, Lammy vows
2 November 2025