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Anti-austerity march to oppose Labour government cuts

Trade unions and campaigners have announced a major demonstration in early June to protest Labour’s austerity measures

Mass solidarity picket backs striking bin workers in Birmingham

Trade unions and grassroots groups rallied in Birmingham for a mass picket in support of striking bin workers

British government misled public on arms exports to Israel, report finds

A new report exposes how the British government has continued supplying lethal military equipment to Israel throughout the genocide in Gaza

Reform UK makes major gains in England’s local elections

Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK secured hundreds of council seats in England’s local elections, dealing heavy blows to both Labour and the Conservatives

Starmer government seizes control over steel plant

The British government has announced plans to take control of a steel plant in England in view of nationalization

We Demand Change summit charts resistance to Labour austerity and far right

Thousands gathered in London for the We Demand Change summit, charting resistance against Keir Starmer’s austerity policies and the far right

US and UK escalate aggression on Yemen as Signal scandal unfolds

The last couple of weeks saw an unprecedent escalation by the Western coalition against Yemen, after Ansar Allah resumed Red Sea operations in retaliation for Israel’s renewed genocide and aid ban in Gaza.

Newcastle University strike highlights crisis in UK higher education

A wave of university industrial action signals a deepening crisis in British higher education, driven by market-oriented policies

Labour government announces cuts to welfare and public sector jobs

Labour officials have announced multi-billion-pound cuts to welfare while prioritizing investments in defense and armament

Palestine demonstrators cover BBC London offices in red paint in protest against complicity in genocide

UK-based solidarity group Palestine Action paints BBC offices blood red for failing to “accurately represent the scale of Israel’s violence”

Chris Hazzard: “Now is the time to build socialist alternatives”

The annual Latin America Conference in London brought together voices from various struggles for national liberation and against imperialism.

Labour turns to the right while chasing Reform

With far-right Reform UK polling neck and neck with Britain’s largest parties, Keir Starmer’s Labour responds by shifting further to the right