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Photo of the Fliton 24 Six on the night before action
Gaza Solidarity / 4 February 2026
Human rights groups hail ‘huge victory’ as six Filton 24 defendants acquitted
4 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) and then British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, DC, February 27, 2025
Britain / 4 February 2026
Labour MPs voice ‘cover-up’ fears as Sir Keir admits he knew of Mandelson's Epstein links before making him ambassador
4 February 2026
A general view of HMP Whitemoor, a maximum security prison for men in Category A and B, in March, Cambridgeshire, March 2017
Prisons / 4 February 2026
POA slams chief inspector over HMP Whitemoor ‘inflexible’ staffing comments
4 February 2026
A view of the Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm amongst existing electricity pylons on the Romney Marsh in Kent
Energy / 4 February 2026
Government ties workers' rights to clean energy cash
4 February 2026
People protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation in Cambridge, November 29, 2026 [Pic: Defend Our Juries]
Justice System / 4 February 2026
Activists thrown out of court at Palestine Action plea hearing
4 February 2026
The scene outside the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, in central London, as members from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protest against British Aerospace's sale of arms to world hot spots, including Indonesia, April 1999
Policing / 4 February 2026
Police spied on anti-arms activists to protect interest of the state, inquiry hears
4 February 2026
Part of the Megapicket in support of the striking Bin Workers in Birmingham, January 31, 2026 [Pic: Henry Fowler©]
Workers' Rights / 4 February 2026
Birmingham council accused of cowardice as it seeks ban on protests in support of bin workers
4 February 2026
Ash Regan of the Alba Party speaking to the media outside the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, April 29, 2024
Scotland / 4 February 2026
Women's convention slams Holyrood as ‘unbuyable’ Bill is defeated
4 February 2026
An Openreach van and engineer at the Openreach training centre in Peterborough
Britain / 4 February 2026
Broadband company launching safety app to protect employees from the public
4 February 2026
A view of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Scotland / 4 February 2026
Officials looking at release of QEUH documents, confirms Gray
4 February 2026
An aerial view of engineers working on a derailed Southern train at Selhurst train depot south-east London. A
Transport / 4 February 2026
Rail union demands ‘proper explanation’ after Govia Thameslink Railway issues rare ‘do not travel’ alert
4 February 2026
Coins in a Saltire purse
Equality / 4 February 2026
Struggling voluntary organisations call for fair funding from Scottish government
4 February 2026
Activists at a previous action. Photo: Fossil Free London
Climate / 4 February 2026
Climate groups stage protest outside Equinor HQ
4 February 2026
Scotland / 3 February 2026
Unite Hospitality demands answers for CCA workers
3 February 2026
Children playing football on the street in Luton, August 1, 2025
Austerity / 3 February 2026
Ministers urged to go further on child poverty as MPs vote to end two child benefits cap
3 February 2026
Khadija Abu Rabi mourns over the body of her son, Iyad, 3, who was killed by an Israeli strike that hit tents sheltering displaced people along the coast of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026
Britain / 3 February 2026
‘Frankly shameful’
3 February 2026

Campaigners and MPs concerned by moves to ‘unblock’ arms licences to Israel

Ash Regan in Edinburgh, March 26, 2025
Scotland / 3 February 2026
Regan urges former SNP colleagues to back Nordic Model
3 February 2026
Nurses working at the nurses station in the Acute Receiving Ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, January 27, 2021
Healthcare / 3 February 2026
NHS privatisation behind career progression disparities, campaigners say
3 February 2026
Firefighters tackle a blaze at the Jenners building in Edinburgh, October 26, 2022
Justice / 3 February 2026
Firefighter's widow slams ‘unacceptable’ delays in investigation into his death
3 February 2026
Britain's then ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, speaks during a reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, February 26, 2025
House of Lords / 3 February 2026
Mandelson steps down as Starmer hints at more revelations
3 February 2026
A household water tap
Environment / 3 February 2026
Wales charts new course for water governance
3 February 2026
Fidel Smirnov addresses WHAT, WHERE, February 3, 2026
Solidarity / 3 February 2026
Glasgow stands with Cuba in Fidel's centenary year
3 February 2026
A general view of ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife, following the announcement that the global energy giant will close the manufacturing plant, November 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 3 February 2026
ExxonMobil’s early closure of Mossmorran site branded a ‘disgrace’
3 February 2026
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage (centre right) with Matt Goodwin (centre left), the party's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, outside Denton Town Hall in Manchester, January 30, 2026
Britain / 3 February 2026
Your Party says it won’t contest Gorton & Denton by-election
3 February 2026
A view of bank notes
Britain / 3 February 2026
Disability benefit review ‘cannot become about making cuts’
3 February 2026
Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, October 30, 2024
Waspi Campaign / 3 February 2026
Waspi campaigners urge vote in Parliament on compensation
3 February 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) and British ambassador to the United States Lord Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, DC, February 27, 2025
Politics / 2 February 2026
Labour MPs question Mandelson’s continuing influence over government ministers
2 February 2026
Campaigners from Police Spies out of Lives speak to the media after the publication of first part of the report from the Undercover Policing Inquiry, at Blackfriars Settlement, south east London, June 29, 2023
Spycops / 2 February 2026
Undercover cop tried to ‘induce’ activists into firebombing charity shop, inquiry hears
2 February 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 / 2 February 2026
Resident doctors vote to extend strikes
2 February 2026
Solicitor Aamer Anwar(c) alongside Margaret Caldwell and family, mother of murder victim Emma Caldwell speak to the media after meeting with the Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC, September 17, 2025
Justice / 2 February 2026
Caldwell Inquiry must 'follow the evidence', warn family
2 February 2026
People take part in a War on Want, Greenpeace and Oxfam-led protest outside HM Treasury, London, ahead of the Chancellor's spring statement, demanding taxes on the 'super-rich,' March 25, 2025
Campaigning / 2 February 2026
War on Want appointed feminist social justice campainger as new chief
2 February 2026
Tulip Siddiq MP outside 10 Downing Street, central London, May 13, 2024
Politics / 2 February 2026
Labour ‘cannot recognise’ ruling against MP Siddiq in Bangladesh corruption case
2 February 2026
A stethoscope on top of patient's files at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London
Workers' Rights / 2 February 2026
Medics publish ‘blueprint’ to tackle doctor burnout
2 February 2026
Steve Wright (centre), 66, appearing at the Old Bailey, central London, where he pleaded guilty to killing Victoria Hall who went missing on her way home from a nightclub in Felixstowe in September 1999, February 2, 2026
Court / 2 February 2026
Suffolk serial killer admits sixth murder 25 years after teenager disappeared
2 February 2026
A baby [Pic: Omar Lopez / Creative Commons]
Childcare / 2 February 2026
Anti-poverty campaigners want baby scheme extended across Wales
2 February 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
NHS Crisis / 2 February 2026
Government does not know the number of NHS staff affected by change in immigration rules
2 February 2026
Welsh singer Dafydd Iwan performs with a choir at the Corniche Walk Park, Qatar, ahead of Wales' second Group B games at the Fifa World Cup 2022, November 25, 2022
Anti-Fascism / 2 February 2026
Welsh folk singer slams far-right social media trolls
2 February 2026
Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the office of Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville in Dunfermline, Fife, during their strike action in dispute over pay, February 22, 2023
Workers' Rights / 2 February 2026
EIS launches fresh strike ballot over failed government pledges to boost jobs
2 February 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during a press conference and Q&A at the Usher Institute, Edinburgh University, marking 100 days to go until the Holyrood election, January 27, 2026
Scotland / 2 February 2026
Scottish Labour pledge to ‘strengthen’ justice system
2 February 2026
Labour's Dan Norris arrives at the Sports Training Village, University of Bath, in Somerset, during the count for the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency in the 2024 General Election, July 5, 2024
Labour Party / 2 February 2026
Sitting MP arrested on rape charges
2 February 2026
A pupils taking an exam, March 2, 2012
Education / 2 February 2026
New Scottish exam body plans qualifications overhaul
2 February 2026
Images from an undated and redacted document released by the US Department of Justice, photographed on January 31, 2026, show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaning over an unidentified person
Monarchy / 1 February 2026
‘Royal Epstein Inquiry now’
1 February 2026

What do they know? Campaigners demand Charles and William Windsor join Andrew in the dock following latest Epstein revelations 

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaking to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, February 1, 2026
Renters' Rights / 1 February 2026
Campaigners welcome Polanski's call to give mayors power to apply rent controls
1 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 1 February 2026
‘Insulting’ language against hospitality workers removed from government guidance
1 February 2026
Undated handout photo of Mark Hehir
Workers' Rights / 1 February 2026
Bus driver says he wants apology after he was sacked after catching thief
1 February 2026
(left to right) Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Huw Merriman, Chair of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway Partnership Board and Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, speak to the media on College Green in Westminster, London, May 14, 2025
Labour Party / 1 February 2026
Liverpool mayor hits out at ‘gutless people’ briefing against ally Andy Burnham
1 February 2026
Britain / 2 February 2026
Charities launch appeal to reverse Nice decision on life-saving cancer treatment
2 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes part in a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi after their bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo during his visit to Japan, January 31, 2026
Politics / 1 February 2026
Swapping welfare state for ‘warfare’ state pushed Labour's abysmal polls, new Communist Party leader says
1 February 2026
People take part in a Palestine Coalition march in central London, January 31, 2026
Gaza Solidarity / 1 February 2026
Thousands gather in 34th national demo for Palestine
1 February 2026
A West Midlands Railway Train at Bournville Station
Public Transport / 1 February 2026
Half of all train journeys under public control as London Northwestern and West Midlands services brought into GBR
1 February 2026
Britain / 2 February 2026
SNP have ‘no plan’ to tackle domestic abuse despite soaring levels of the crime, Scot Labour warns
2 February 2026
A view of bank notes
Economy / 1 February 2026
‘Near-certainty’ Bank of England will freeze interest rates next week
1 February 2026
Public Services / 2 February 2026
Young Scots are saving hundreds of pounds from free bus travel
2 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 2 February 2026
London Museum workers back strike action over pay
2 February 2026
Police remove protesters taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, October 4, 2025
Britain / 30 January 2026
Met Police spent £8m on Defend Our Juries protests alone, analysis suggests
30 January 2026
People on Westminster Bridge as they take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in central London, October 11, 2025
Britain / 30 January 2026
Thousands set to march in national demonstration for Palestine
30 January 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski announcing Hannah Spencer (left) as the party's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, at Pakistani Community Centre in Manchester, January 30, 2026
Green Party / 30 January 2026
Greens name plumber Hannah Spencer as candidate in ‘Green v Reform’ race
30 January 2026
Photo: Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Britain / 30 January 2026
Megapicket shuts down every refuse site in Birmingham
30 January 2026
General view of the sign and exterior of the Home Office building in Westminster, central London
Britain / 30 January 2026
More than 45 groups condemn government 'earned settlement' plans
30 January 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the UK-China Business Forum held at the headquarters of the Bank of China (BOC) in Beijing, China, January 30, 2026
Britain / 30 January 2026
China will soon overtake the US, Communist Party says as Trump criticises Starmer for dealing with Beijing
30 January 2026
The Oil platform Stena Spey is moved with tug boats amongst
Scotland / 30 January 2026
Lessons must be learned from previous deindustrialisation, MPs warn
30 January 2026
A homeless person asleep on the street beside the entrance to Westminster underground station and in the shadows of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in central London
Housing Crisis / 30 January 2026
London's rough sleepers reach record high
30 January 2026
Leighann McCready, mother of Jaysley Beck, speaks to the media outside Bulford Court Martial Centre at Kiwi Barracks, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, October 31, 2025
Britain / 30 January 2026
Two officers to face court martial over assault of young soldier who committed suicide
30 January 2026
Lord John Bird, founder of The Big Issue, marks the return of 1,400 of the magazine's network of vendors to the high streets of England and Wales from 12th April after months of lockdown, London, April 12, 2021
Cost-of-living Crisis / 30 January 2026
Big Issue founder warns ‘poverty is destroying us’
30 January 2026
Willie Rennie (third left) and former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Jim Wallace (second left) wait for Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Alex Cole-Hamilton to arrive at their party's Scottish launch at North Queensferry, May 27, 2024
Scotland / 30 January 2026
Scotland's first Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace, dies after surgery
30 January 2026
The 150m long mountain of rubbish that has been illegally dumped beside the A34 and near the River Cherwell in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, December 12, 2025
Britain / 30 January 2026
Two men arrested over tipping of 150-metre mountain of waste
30 January 2026
A general view of Buchanan Street Bus Station in Glasgow
Scotland / 30 January 2026
Bus fare cap trial begins in Shetland
30 January 2026
Jeremy Corbyn speaking as he closes the Your Party founding two day conference at the ACC Liverpool, November 30, 2025
Your Party / 30 January 2026
Corbyn will be Your Party parliamentary leader if his slate wins CEC election, allies say
30 January 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
Birmingham Bin Workers' Strike / 30 January 2026
‘We will be back again, and again, and again until these workers win’
30 January 2026

Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites

People collect bottled water at a water station in East Grinstead, after South East Water blamed bad weather for more water outages in Kent and parts of Sussex, January 13, 2026.
Public Services / 29 January 2026
Water privatisers ‘treating system as an ATM,’ campaigners say as bills set to hike
29 January 2026
Scotland / 29 January 2026
Human Rights Commission says further action needed to mend harm caused by 'Tinker Experiment'
29 January 2026
Waspi campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London as they step up their battle for compensation, March 17, 2025
Waspi Campaign / 29 January 2026
Labour Waspi decision 'slams the door' on justice
29 January 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, January 29, 2026
Britain / 29 January 2026
Xi pledges co-operation after Starmer meeting
29 January 2026
A general view of a Prison
Prisons / 29 January 2026
Prison deaths reach highest level on record in England and Wales
29 January 2026
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaking at the launch of Class Ceiling at The Whitworth in Manchester, January 26, 2026
Britain / 29 January 2026
Burnham slams ‘lies’ from Labour sources
29 January 2026
Palestinians walks amid the ruins left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Zahra, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
Gaza Genocide / 29 January 2026
Greenwich Council admits pension investments in Israel are unlawful following legal challenge
29 January 2026

Admission shows that councils can divest from Israel, campaigners say

School children in a classroom
Education / 29 January 2026
Cap school holiday price hikes as fines 'simply not working,' unions say
29 January 2026
A Metropolitan Police sign on the side of a police vehicle
Policing / 29 January 2026
Met Police strike called off as staff accept improved pay offer
29 January 2026
A teacher and students in a classroom
Education / 29 January 2026
New suspension rules must not force schools to do 'more with less,' unions warn
29 January 2026
Paul Mason addresses protesters from Another Europe is Possible outside the Houses of Parliament, London, August 28, 2019
Media / 29 January 2026
Mason ‘admits’ to left smear graphic
29 January 2026
Santander cash points, Sheffield
Britain / 29 January 2026
Santander to close 44 branches
29 January 2026
A council tax bill
Scotland / 29 January 2026
More than 80 per cent of Scots want fairer Council Tax system
29 January 2026
People demonstrate outside the Old Bailey in central London, October 21, 2024
Britain / 28 January 2026
Chris Kaba's family 'devastated' as watchdog pauses probe into officer who shot him
28 January 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 28 January 2026
Campaigners accuse government of 'dereliction of duty' as report says 22,000 patient deaths avoidable under Swiss-style model
28 January 2026
GB News presenter Matthew Goodwin speaking at the Reform UK annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, September 5, 2025
Britain / 28 January 2026
Manchester by-election a battle ‘for the soul of our country’
28 January 2026
NHS Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Labour stages Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications
28 January 2026
A tanker pumping out excess sewage from the Lightlands Lane
Britain / 29 January 2026
Water firms hike bills as probe reveals years of warnings over running dry
29 January 2026
View of Glasgow University
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Report on Glasgow University processes 'damning indictment', say grieving family
28 January 2026
Edinburgh activists blockade Leonardo plant
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Edinburgh activists blockade Leonardo plant
28 January 2026
Pupils in a classroom
Education / 29 January 2026
NEU warns government against Send cuts
29 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is presented with a bouquet of flowers as he arrives in Beijing, China, January 28, 2026
Britain / 28 January 2026
Lammy defends importance of China links
28 January 2026
A view of bank notes
Britain / 28 January 2026
MPs urge Starmer to address poverty as No 10 report shows deprivation rising in poorest areas
28 January 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 / 28 January 2026
Dozens of MPs urge Starmer to resolve Birmingham bin strike
28 January 2026
The University of Edinburgh Old College, Edinburgh
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Edinburgh University returns Muscogee Nation remains
28 January 2026
A general view of ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife
Scotland / 28 January 2026
Mossmorran task force begins work
28 January 2026
First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan delivers a speech during the Wales Investment Summit at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, December 1, 2025
Wales / 28 January 2026
Welsh first minister refuses to say if Starmer is doing a good job
28 January 2026