May 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that British Steel is to be brought into full public ownership, with legislation expected this week to give the government the formal powers needed to take complete control of the Scunthorpe steelworks it has been supervising for over a year.The announcement marks a significant escalation in the government’s […]

Walk through many of England’s town centres and the picture is familiar: shuttered shops, vacant market stalls, and a growing number of bookmakers and vape stores filling the spaces where anchor retailers once traded. For millions of people, this visible decline is not just a cosmetic frustration — it has become a symbol of how