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Policing / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026
Andy Burnham meets residents impacted by flooding, including those involved in local relief efforts, to hear directly about the damage caused and the action needed to better protect communities in Makerfield, June 2, 2026
Politics / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

Starmer makes desperate effort to buy off Burnham as polls suggest he is set to win Makerfield by-election

Police detain protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, during a hearing where Palestine Action activists were due to be sentenced over over a break-in at the UK base of an Israel-based defence firm, Elbit Systems site near Bristol on August 6 2024
Authoritarianism / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026
A street sign giving directions to Parliament Street and Whitehall in London
Workers' Rights / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house

Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in the Cuts Leave Scars rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, October 26, 2023
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026
A Thames Water van, August 22, 2025
Privatisation / 16 June 2026
16 June 2026

107 MPs demand government rejects £10bn rescue deal put forward by Thames Water's creditors