Politics

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Green energy entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince is planning to support the creation of a London-wide news operation as part of a proposed rescue package for a group of established local newspapers facing financial pressure. The plan would involve investment in the organisation behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra, with Vince saying he...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce that his government will move forward with plans to examine major electoral reform, potentially beginning a process that could eventually replace Britain’s first-past-the-post voting system with a form of proportional representation. The announcement is expected during Burnham’s first Labour conference speech as prime minister and would form part of a...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to signal that the government is prepared to reconsider the pension triple lock as part of a wider effort to establish a national care service, opening one of the most sensitive funding debates facing the Labour government. Burnham is due to use his first Labour conference speech as prime minister to argue...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Ukraine has intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly revealed that two North Korean prisoners of war captured while fighting for Russia had been transferred to South Korea. What was expected to be a sensitive humanitarian arrangement has instead developed into an unusual disagreement between two governments that have generally maintained...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another expansion of the country’s armed forces as the war in Ukraine enters its 1,679th day, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that North Korea is preparing to send thousands more troops to Russia. The developments come amid continued battlefield casualties, repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and growing pressure on...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing tent encampment in the heart of Madrid has become a visible symbol of Spain’s deepening housing crisis, as protesters demand action over rising rents, unaffordable homes and a system they say increasingly places housing beyond the reach of ordinary people. The camp has spread across the central Puerta del Sol plaza following nationwide demonstrations over housing...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Three people, including a 10-year-old child, have died and dozens more have been injured after an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people got into difficulty while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France to the UK. French maritime authorities said they received a distress call during the early hours of Monday after the inflatable vessel...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Avanti West Coast is set to return to public ownership in March 2027, marking another major step in the UK government's programme to bring passenger rail services under state control. The operator, which connects London with Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and other destinations, will transfer into public ownership when its current contract ends on 7 March. The...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online British counter-terrorism investigators are examining whether Iran could be connected to a suspected bomb plot near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, after five men were arrested and explosives were reportedly discovered in three vans close to the military airbase. The incident has triggered a major security operation in the surrounding countryside, with bomb-disposal specialists examining the vehicles and dozens...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Freedom of speech is emerging as an important issue for voters ahead of the next UK general election, with new polling indicating that a large proportion of the public could consider political parties’ positions on free expression when deciding how to vote. The research, commissioned by civil liberties organisation Liberty and conducted by More in Common, found that...