Sitemap - 2026 - The Lead

Reform UK’s silence on Epstein speaks volumes

From baby beavers to river walks, where climate action is quietly taking root

The Lead Untangles: Will the Warm Homes Plan help you?

Notes from the North: Cat Smith banned from charity talk by Reform council, the far-right in Blackpool

Reform Watch Special: The Hungarian Candidate

The Lead Digest: Skipton, secrets and the Sycamore Gap

Britain’s parties are addicted to control – and it’s breaking politics

Just how disillusioned are we? The apathy crisis in stats

The Lead Untangles: Student loan debt – will graduates ever pay them off?

Reform Watch: Defections, transgressions and a seat for the Greens

The Lead Digest: Hamnet, Frankenstein and the war in Iran

Notes from the North: Houchen and Farage get pally and the potential cancellation of elections

Trump’s Greenland tantrum could be Starmer’s defining moment

How to make modern dating work for you

The Lead in Conversation: What is going on with modern dating?

The Lead Untangles: Facial recognition technology - surveillance state or crucial police tool?

Reform Watch: First Zahawi, now Jenrick? Welcome to a Defection Special

The Lead Digest: Pete Hegseth, housing and why you should probably just have a pint

Notes from the North: Broken council tax promises in Lancashire, illegal converted HMOs and punishment for lying

Ofcom investigates X — now the government must prove it can enforce the law

Disabled Londoner with MBE left homeless by his own council

When politics feels broken, think smaller: the case for community action

The Lead Untangles: What's next for Nato?

The Hope Reset: Why we’re choosing optimism for 2026 – and how you can too

Reform Watch: Misinformation, myth-making and malicious U-turns

The Lead Digest: Gerry Gable, Stranger Things and honouring our New Year's resolutions

Notes from the North: Teesworks dividends go up despite plummeting income and a very bleak New Year's Eve online

Abuse thrives where the government tweets – why it's time to quit X now

More energy, more passion: The five big tests for Labour in 2026