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Britain's far-right problem has a name, but the government won't say it
As masked militias take to British streets and Reform's conference turns violent, the government's refusal to use the words "far-right" is more…
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
The death of seven people in one night has exposed the dark underbelly of life Teessiders have known for years
Extreme child poverty and rampant deprivation, coupled with police funding for a rural area rather than the metropolitan levels of crime being faced…
 • The Lead and Leigh Jones
The Lead Untangles: What is desalination?
And the role it plays in potentially solving the growing water crisis amid our warming climate
 • Adam Barnett and The Lead
Back to school, but the kids aren’t alright
Andy Burnham will make optimism the centrepiece of his political pitch. But for young people across the UK, hope is hard to come by
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead

August 2026

“Thrown away by society”: Inside Britain’s disability employment gap
The disability employment gap has been stuck at 30 per cent for thirty years. Disabled jobseekers tell The Lead why Labour’s welfare reforms won’t close…
 • Hannah Shewan Stevens and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: AI data centres
They are being built at a rapid rate to handle the explosion in data capacity needed for our modern lives, but what’s the environmental impact?
 • Adam Barnett and The Lead
I was a midwife for 30 years. Now I earn £86.45-a-week to care for my mum
The government wants unpaid carers to work more. Jacqui Hylton, a former midwife who now cares for her mum full-time, explains why the system makes that…
 • The Lead
Andy Burnham knows how to fix a roof. But can he run a country?
Introducing our new series scrutinising the new PM's policy priorities in depth: what's been announced, what's been left out, and whether the plans…
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: Regenerative farming
It’s been a tough year for farmers, again, with record temperatures hitting crops. The latest in our series exploring the impact of climate change digs…
 • Adam Barnett and The Lead
Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s Northern home address easily available since becoming Prime Minister
National security concerns deepen after some basic sleuthing from The Lead saw Number 10 act swiftly, reports Michael Holmes
 • The Lead
Nigel Farage won Clacton, but he's lost the dressing room
The Reform leader has failed to reinvigorate his party with his recent by-election win
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: North Sea drilling
There's cries of 'drill Andy drill' and the new Prime Minister has been hinting there may be a change in policy - we drill into the facts
 • Adam Barnett and The Lead
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