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BFAWU general secretary Sarah Woolley. Photo: Neil Terry Photography

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 10 June 2026

BFAWU hits back at Reform

10 June 2026

GMB members march through Blackpool after Labour waters down plans help school support staff

GMB Conference 2026 / 10 June 2026

GMB members march through Blackpool after Labour waters down plans help school support staff

10 June 2026

Pupils in a classroom

Wales / 10 June 2026

Welsh ministers must act to end term-time only pay for support staff

10 June 2026

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 10 June 2026

Government must intervene to standardise the price of lactose and dairy-free products, food workers says

10 June 2026

People take part in a

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 10 June 2026

BFAWU delegates voice support for the international conference against war

10 June 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at London Tech Week setting out how the government will harness technology to boost growth and spread opportunity across the UK, June 8, 2026

Labour Party / 10 June 2026

Starmer planning to fight Burnham challenge

10 June 2026

David Lammy attends a LADbible event on the challenges affecting men and boys, at the LADbible HQ, in Islington, London, June 9, 2026

Justice / 10 June 2026

Cuts to jury trials could have ‘far-reaching’ effect on race relations, MPs warn

10 June 2026

Protesters outside the Gherkin offices of reinsurer Swiss Re. Photo: No New Workers

Climate / 10 June 2026

Students occupy Gherkin foyer in disruptive protest against fossil gas insurance

10 June 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 10 June 2026

GMB members feel ‘unsupported’ by absence of union logo on anti-racism marches

10 June 2026

General View of Ashton in Makerfield, Greater Manchester

Britain / 10 June 2026

Makerfield voters back wealth tax

10 June 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

GMB unconvinced by case for second Employment Rights Bill

9 June 2026

Defence Secretary John Healey arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, June 2, 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

Defence Secretary says he will ensure British contracts at GMB conference

9 June 2026

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

BFAWU demands employers support ageing workforce

9 June 2026

New houses being constructed

Wales / 9 June 2026

Plaid promise to build 20,000 social homes by 2030

9 June 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

Union vows to fight for volunteer coastguards losing payments for emergency callouts

9 June 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts a roundtable at 10 Downing Street in central London, June 9, 2026

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

Unions must pressure Labour Party for a second Employment Rights Act, BFAWU conference hears

9 June 2026

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks to supporters, backed by his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, following winning the most seats in the Welsh Parliament election, May 9, 2026

Wales / 9 June 2026

FMQs tackle tax, badgers and Tata Steel

9 June 2026

Scottish Green party supporters hold placards

Scotland / 9 June 2026

Scottish Greens warn of falling disability payment approvals

9 June 2026

School children in a classroom

Exclusive / 9 June 2026

Academisation threatens equal pay, unions warn ministers

9 June 2026

First Minister John Swinney speaks to the media after First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, June 4, 2026

Scotland / 9 June 2026

Swinney dismisses FOI extension to political parties

9 June 2026

Jeremy Corbyn takes part in a Palestine Coalition march in central London, January 31, 2026

Britain / 9 June 2026

Corbyn raises urgent question on Cuba

9 June 2026

Ian Byrne speaking at the BFAWU conference. Photo: Neil Terry Photography

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

Labour will get ‘absolutely smashed at the next election’ if it does not reverse course, says Ian Byrne

9 June 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026

Britain / 9 June 2026

Unions dismiss ‘farcical’ Farage's advances

9 June 2026

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh

Scotland / 9 June 2026

Holyrood faces vote on Murrell inquiry

9 June 2026

An elderly woman

Wales / 10 June 2026

Older Peoples' Commissioner launches new courses to tackle ageism in Wales

10 June 2026

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

Healthcare / 8 June 2026

‘Dizzying revolving door of corruption’

8 June 2026

Campaigners slam conflict of interest over top health official's Palantir ties at time of NHS bidding

A Waymo, driverless taxi being trained in central London, March 19, 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 8 June 2026

More than 300,000 jobs at risk from robotaxis launching this summer, GMB conference hears

8 June 2026

The Houses of Parliament London

GMB Conference 2026 / 8 June 2026

GMB calls for reform as Parliamentary staff face ‘systemic inequality’

8 June 2026

Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales

Wales / 8 June 2026

Unite calls for electricity nationalisation as delays hit Tata Steel

8 June 2026

A general view of HMP Woodhill

Britain / 9 June 2026

HMP Woodhill inspection is further evidence of the crisis in our prisons, campaigners say

9 June 2026

FW Pomeroy's Statue of Justice stands atop the Central Criminal Court building, Old Bailey, London

Britain / 8 June 2026

Judge in Palestine Action case ‘sorry’ for handling of barrister contempt claim

8 June 2026

Zack Polanski speaking at the BFAWU conference. Photo: Neil Terry Photography

BFAWU Conference 2026 / 8 June 2026

Food system ‘close to collapse,’ Polanski warns as figures show costs to rise 170% by 2050

8 June 2026

Palestinians go through the rubble of their properties after the Israeli Authorities demolished a large section of the main vegetables market of the West Bank village of Beita, southeast of Nablus, June 1, 2026

Britain / 8 June 2026

Stop sale of stolen Palestinian land in Britain, campaigners demand

8 June 2026

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Emma Reynolds leaves after a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, May 19, 2026

Pollution / 9 June 2026

Campaigners and billpayers urge Emma Reynolds to tell the truth about our water sector

9 June 2026

GMB Conference 2026 / 8 June 2026

Amazon tuberculosis outbreak survivor says she spent weeks fighting for her life

8 June 2026

Money is stacked on top of a council tax bill

GMB Conference 2026 / 9 June 2026

More than 1.5m taken to court last year due to ‘broken’ council tax system

9 June 2026

Equity flag. Photo: Equity

Wales / 8 June 2026

Equity agrees major new television deal in Wales on pay and AI

8 June 2026

Houses in Thamesmead, south east London

Wales / 9 June 2026

Welsh language campaigners call for ambitious action to tackle housing crisis

9 June 2026

GMB

GMB conference / 7 June 2026

GMB votes against Labour disaffiliation survey over Reform popularity fears

7 June 2026

riot police

Britain / 7 June 2026

Three more charged for Southampton riots, bringing total to 14

7 June 2026

iran

Climate and war / 7 June 2026

Campaigners mark 100 days of Iran war with call to act for peace as energy bills skyrocket

7 June 2026

glasgow

Industrial / 8 June 2026

Clyde shipyard workers strike against two-tier workforce

8 June 2026

gary smith

GMB conference / 7 June 2026

GMB leader attacks Reform and Greens in conference speech

7 June 2026

Survivors

Sexual abuse / 8 June 2026

Survivors of Al Fayed abuse call for full trafficking investigation

8 June 2026

Liz Kendall

Technology / 7 June 2026

Labour’s AI support package lacks ‘concrete action,’ unions say

7 June 2026

food imports

Climate / 8 June 2026

Food imports at risk as farmers face El Nino heat stress, experts find

8 June 2026

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie

Britain / 7 June 2026

Scottish NHS counting half-billion cost of workforce planning failure, say Labour

7 June 2026

housing

Home waiting lists / 7 June 2026

Social housing lists ‘would take 119 years to clear at current building rate’

7 June 2026

child welfare

Welfare / 8 June 2026

Tackling child poverty must be top priority, say young Scots

8 June 2026

Industrial / 8 June 2026

Teachers hit back at headteacher’s contentious email to parents

8 June 2026

League Against Cruel Sports

Animal cruelty / 7 June 2026

Ban Greyhound racing in England, say campaigners

7 June 2026

Employment / 8 June 2026

A four-day working week would be a major step forward for disabled people’s inclusion in the workplace, according to a report

8 June 2026

A general view of Silver Sands Beach, Isle of Wight

Environment / 5 June 2026

Southern Water sparks fury with ‘absolutely disgusting’ sewage dumping plans

5 June 2026

The sign outside the Home Office in Westminster, London

Britain / 5 June 2026

Asylum system is on brink of collapse, MPs warn

5 June 2026

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

Healthcare / 5 June 2026

Child left bleeding and in pain after physician associate prescribed pessary, report finds

5 June 2026

People protest near Southampton police station, June 2, 2026

Britain / 5 June 2026

Three more charged with violent disorder after protests in Southampton

5 June 2026

School children in a classroom

Education / 5 June 2026

Rocketing fuel costs putting school transport at risk, operators warn

5 June 2026

A household water tap

Wales / 5 June 2026

Welsh Water to pay £44.7 million after ‘serious’ sewage failures led to a series of spills, Ofwat says

5 June 2026

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, November 12, 2024

Scotland / 5 June 2026

SNP must come clean on Rosebank, say Greens

5 June 2026

Britain / 5 June 2026

Defence sector wasteful and inefficient, workers warn

5 June 2026

A demonstrator releases a smoke flare in front of a mural on Cable Street in the East End of London, October 9, 2016

Britain / 5 June 2026

Unite at Cable Street 90th anniversary

5 June 2026

Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union on the picket line outside Glendale Primary and Glendale Gaelic School in Glasgow, February 22, 2023

Scotland / 5 June 2026

EIS and TIE collaborate to change ‘the tide of the disinformation era’

5 June 2026

Britain / 5 June 2026

Palestine Action activists apply to have judge removed over ‘bias’ during Elbit raid trial

5 June 2026

First Minister John Swinney speaks to the media after First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, June 4, 2026

Scotland / 5 June 2026

First Minister visits evacuated former pit village

5 June 2026

Healthcare / 5 June 2026

Operating theatre staff vote to strike over overtime pay cut

5 June 2026

Scotland / 5 June 2026

MSPs call for action on ‘lifeline’ island flights

5 June 2026

People take part in a

Britain / 4 June 2026

Anti-war campaigners to mobilise for peace amid Trump's illegal war

4 June 2026

A worker outside Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, as around 3,000 jobs are at risk at the plant as part of a planned restructuring, September 15, 2023

Britain / 4 June 2026

Tata Steel urged to protect jobs after Port Talbot blaze causes ‘substantial damage to a vital production line’

4 June 2026

Alex Salmond, January 14, 2023

Scotland / 4 June 2026

Scottish government handling of Salmond files ‘shambolic’, says commissioner

4 June 2026

Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a Palestine Coalition march in central London, January 31, 2026

Your Party / 4 June 2026

Corbyn calls for new political movement in Wales ahead of Your Party Cymru conference

4 June 2026

Healthcare / 4 June 2026

NHS risks being mired in lengthy legal cases defining what a ‘political badge’ is, unions warn

4 June 2026

University graduates

Education / 4 June 2026

Graduates compromising to get jobs debunks ‘snowflake’ stereotype, experts say

4 June 2026

Elon Musk departs after a welcome ceremony with President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, May 14, 2026, in Beijing

Britain / 4 June 2026

Starmer accuses Musk of ‘trying to whip up division’ in the wake of Henry Nowak’s murder

4 June 2026

Prince Andrew arriving for the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral, central London, September 16, 2025

Britain / 5 June 2026

Andrew made money from subletting Royal Lodge properties, investigation shows

5 June 2026

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

Healthcare / 4 June 2026

Midwives working more than 24 hours without sleep at major hospital, inspection reveals

4 June 2026

A pregnant woman holding her stomach

Scotland / 4 June 2026

Women facing up to 190 hour maternity delays at QUEH, watchdog reports warns

4 June 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026

Britain / 4 June 2026

Union leaders say movement's support for Reform UK is of ‘massive concern’

4 June 2026

STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer during the STUC conference in the Caird Hall, Dundee, April 20, 2026

Scotland / 4 June 2026

Case for Scottish wealth tax ‘irrefutable’, say STUC

4 June 2026

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh

Scotland / 4 June 2026

Holyrood needs ‘committee for the future’, says charity

4 June 2026

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones leaves BBC Broadcasting House, London, after appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, May 24, 2026

Britain / 4 June 2026

Starmer aide ‘sorry’ Mandelson sacked

4 June 2026

The front of the Marx Memorial Library

Britain / 3 June 2026

Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School secures £16,000 in grant funding

3 June 2026

People protest outside Southampton police station, June 2, 2026

Britain / 3 June 2026

‘Unforgivable’

3 June 2026

Starmer slams Farage for exploiting tragic murder and snubbing family's wishes as far-right riots leave police officers injured

A woman showing signs of depression (picture posed by a mode

Britain / 3 June 2026

Close ‘sexist, racist and classist’ strip clubs, charity demands

3 June 2026

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

Wales / 3 June 2026

Health unions give partial welcome to Plaid NHS plans

3 June 2026

Scottish Green party supporters hold placards

Scotland / 3 June 2026

Greens push vote on £15 minimum for care workers

3 June 2026

A view of bank notes

Britain / 3 June 2026

Union anger as Labour U-turns on plans to ban all exploitative zero-hour contracts

3 June 2026

Scotland / 3 June 2026

Former Labour MSP faces drunk-driving allegations

3 June 2026

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

Healthcare / 3 June 2026

MPs call for Palantir NHS contract to end as Britain ‘seriously exposed’ to foreign actors

3 June 2026

Stop Trump's war on Cuba, MPs demand

Britain / 3 June 2026

Stop Trump's war on Cuba, MPs demand

3 June 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit to a railway depot in South Wales, to highlight the government's investment to transform Welsh railways, February 18, 2026

Wales / 3 June 2026

Interim Welsh Labour leader defends Starmer over Senedd election defeat

3 June 2026

Peter Mandelson taking his dog for a walk near his home in London, April 21, 2026

Scotland / 3 June 2026

Remove Mandelson's title and payout now, say SNP

3 June 2026

Office workers at their desks in London

Britain / 4 June 2026

One in three employers considering redundancies at start of 2027, Acas warns

4 June 2026

North Sea / 3 June 2026

Unite offshore workers to strike

3 June 2026

King's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms walk through the Royal Gallery during the State Opening of Parliament, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London, May 13, 2026

Wales / 3 June 2026

Campaigners hail new Bill to abolish House of Lords

3 June 2026

The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

Wales / 2 June 2026

Reform duck discussing attack on the Morning Star

2 June 2026

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks on the steps of the Welsh Government building in Cardiff, supported by his new cabinet, May 13, 2026

Wales / 2 June 2026

First Minister Questions descends into manifesto point scoring

2 June 2026

Plaid Cymru parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd addresses party members at the party conference at Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, September 22, 2026

Wales / 2 June 2026

Senedd appoints new Consul General

2 June 2026

A view of the Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm amongst existing electricity pylons on the Romney Marsh in Kent

Britain / 2 June 2026

‘We cannot accept a transition that simply swaps one form of profiteering for another’

2 June 2026

Government commits to an 87 per cent emissions cut by 2040

Andy Burnham makes a speech at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026

Labour Party / 2 June 2026

Burnham slams water company profits

2 June 2026

University graduates

Education / 2 June 2026

Confidence in universities falling amid concern over loans and jobs

2 June 2026

The High Court in Edinburgh where Peter Murrell is appearing for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, June 2, 2026

Scotland / 2 June 2026

Ex-SNP chief leaves court in handcuffs after £400,000 embezzlement

2 June 2026

A ballot box arrives as polls close and counting begins at Rochdale Leisure Centre

Britain / 2 June 2026

More than 100 MPs call for review of FPTP voting system

2 June 2026

Emily Thornberry during their speech to the Fabian Society conference in central London, January 20, 2024

Britain / 2 June 2026

Britain has betrayed the Palestinian people, Thornberry says

2 June 2026

A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban

Scotland / 3 June 2026

Strikes begin as university presses on with job cuts

3 June 2026

Britain / 2 June 2026

Thousands sign petition to demand Venezuelan gold is returned

2 June 2026

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

Britain / 2 June 2026

Cooper admits Mandelson should never have been appointed ambassador

2 June 2026

Stocks of food at a food bank

Britain / 2 June 2026

Charities struggling to stay afloat amid increasing demand for food

2 June 2026

Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in

Scotland / 2 June 2026

Data shows worsening fire cover crisis in rural Scotland

2 June 2026

rat

Industrial / 1 June 2026

Tube strike on after last-ditch talks collapse

1 June 2026

mandelson

Epstein / 1 June 2026

Mandelson files expose further shame for Starmer

1 June 2026

ROYAL MAIL

Delivery targets / 1 June 2026

Ofcom launch investigation into Royal Mail failures

1 June 2026

starms

Politics / 1 June 2026

Poll suggests Labour and Reform neck and neck among trade unionists

1 June 2026

Corbyn

Anti-democratic / 1 June 2026

Left-wing US activists blocked from entering Britain

1 June 2026

Alex norris

Technology / 1 June 2026

AI could sent children to adult prisons, campaigners warn

1 June 2026

Peter Murrell

Embezzlement / 1 June 2026

Former FM calls for joint inquiry into Murrell fraud

1 June 2026

Rwanda

Asylum scheme / 1 June 2026

Britain wins court clash with Rwanda over failed migrant deportation deal

1 June 2026

STV

Industrial / 1 June 2026

Union slams Ofcom backing for STV news cuts

1 June 2026

North Sea

Industrial / 1 June 2026

Unite offshore workers balloted for action over pay

1 June 2026

Health and safety / 2 June 2026

Khan to call for ban on social media for under-16s

2 June 2026

somerville and swinney

Welfare / 1 June 2026

Families urged to claim Best Start Grant

1 June 2026