Britain is heading into an autumn of strikes that threaten to disrupt essential services, with industrial action planned across transport, healthcare, and local government. The RMT union confirmed on Thursday that the London Underground will face a week of strikes starting September 5, just as schools reopen and passenger numbers surge. Signallers, engineers, and service control staff will walk out on staggered days, causing severe disruption across the capital. The…

Labour membership a political party in the UK has fallen by nearly 200,000 since Keir Starmer became leader, according to the party’s latest accounts. Despite Labour’s landslide general election victory in July 2024, one in ten members left the party over the course of the year, with 37,215 departing in 2024 alone. Labour’s membership stood at 333,235 at the end of last year, down significantly from its peak of 532,046…

The UK General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results released this week show overall grade stability compared to last year, but also highlight ongoing inequalities in student achievements. As core subjects like english and maths continue to be major hurdles, with this year’s results showing the highest failure rates in a decade for both subjects. There is also a clear divide between school types. Almost half (48.1%) of GCSEs taken…

A Nigerian man with a long history of failed asylum claims and a conviction for violent disorder has won the right to remain in the UK after judges accepted he would face persecution for being gay if returned to his home country. The man, whose identity has been protected by the courts, first arrived in Britain in 1983. Over the course of more than four decades he has repeatedly sought…

Britain’s education system is facing a deepening crisis after the latest GCSE results revealed English and maths pass rates have slumped to their lowest levels in more than a decade, with white working-class children hit hardest. Just 58.3 per cent of pupils across the UK passed maths this year, down from 59.5 per cent in 2024, the weakest performance since 2013. In English, the pass rate fell by 1.7 percentage…

The United Kingdom (UK) Government has taken control of the country’s third-largest steelworks after a High Court ordered the compulsory winding up of Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), part of Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel empire. The decision puts nearly 1,500 jobs in Rotherham and Sheffield at risk. The court found SSUK to be hopelessly insolvent, with just £600,000 in cash against a £3.7m monthly wage bill, while its parent group faces…

Smyth, who has served as an MSP for South Scotland since 2016 and previously held several frontbench roles including Scottish Labour’s transport and constitutional affairs spokesperson, was suspended by the party after it became aware of the investigation.

The UK Home Office has issued an urgent appeal for 5,000 residential properties to house up to 20,000 asylum seekers, following a High Court ruling that could further disrupt current accommodation plans

Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure from within Labour ranks after a landmark High Court ruling in Epping Forest sparked a wave of potential legal challenges from local councils including Labour-led authorities over the government’s use of hotels to house asylum seekers. On Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council successfully obtained a temporary injunction to shut down the Bell Hotel, where migrants were being housed. The court ruled the site…

Britain is prepared to send troops to Ukraine to help defend its skies and ports as part of international efforts to secure the country’s future, though it will not commit forces to the frontline, according to UK military officials. Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin is attending high-level meetings at the Pentagon on Wednesday, where representatives from 30 countries are working to define their commitments to Ukraine’s…

Middle-class households in rural areas could see their council tax bills increase by up to £376 annually as part of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s proposed overhaul of local government funding. The County Councils Network (CCN), which represents rural local authorities outside major cities, has warned that wealthier towns and villages such as those in Surrey and other Home Counties will bear the financial burden of redistributing funds to poorer…

Migrant accommodation across the UK faces uncertainty following a High Court ruling that forced the closure of a hotel housing asylum seekers. On Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council won a temporary injunction to shut down the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, after it was revealed that the hotel’s use for asylum accommodation breached local planning permission. As a result, all asylum seekers currently housed there must leave by September 12.…