https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/ Independent news. On the side of the people who pay for everything and decide nothing. en-gb Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:16:48 GMT https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/britain-funds-the-wind-farms-sse-and-equinor-bank-the-profit/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/britain-funds-the-wind-farms-sse-and-equinor-bank-the-profit/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:16:48 GMT Bills rose 13% this month as record renewables came online, but the savings never reached households. Energy firms banked billions instead. Economy https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-s-1-4bn-crypto-haul-built-on-supporters-3-8bn-losses/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-s-1-4bn-crypto-haul-built-on-supporters-3-8bn-losses/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:32:11 GMT A machinist lost $32,700 and a saver lost her $2,000 on Trump's meme coin. The president who sold it to them made $1.4bn. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/israeli-strike-kills-mother-baby-in-gaza-s-safe-zone/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/israeli-strike-kills-mother-baby-in-gaza-s-safe-zone/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:32:11 GMT Diana Abu Daraz, 23, and her baby daughter Siwar were killed leaving their tent in Gaza's al-Mawasi 'safe zone', minutes after an army warning call. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/seven-pms-no-votes-burnham-gets-number-10/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/seven-pms-no-votes-burnham-gets-number-10/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:32:10 GMT Britain is about to get its seventh prime minister in a decade with no vote, while the donor network and lobby-linked staff that installed the last one move straight into No 10. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/congress-unmasks-whistleblowers-under-child-safety-rules/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/congress-unmasks-whistleblowers-under-child-safety-rules/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:30:17 GMT A reporter was subpoenaed over her sources as Congress passed an age-verification law that could unmask whistleblowers next time. World https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/netanyahu-s-own-spies-reject-destruction-claim/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/netanyahu-s-own-spies-reject-destruction-claim/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:30:16 GMT Israeli intelligence refused to back Netanyahu's claim that Iran's nuclear programme was destroyed, a new report reveals. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/woman-strangled-tried-by-us-military/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/woman-strangled-tried-by-us-military/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:30:16 GMT Dr Sarah Steele was strangled by a US airman in Cambridge, but it was a court martial of his colleagues, not a British court, that decided his fate. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/ireland-scotland-wales-war-game-uk-breakup/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/ireland-scotland-wales-war-game-uk-breakup/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:30:13 GMT Ireland, Scotland and Wales are quietly planning for a Reform UK government, as Belfast counts the cost of a politics already here. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/185-000-babies-taken-no-compensation/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/185-000-babies-taken-no-compensation/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:09:18 GMT Starmer apologised for forced adoption that stole 185,000 babies from unmarried mothers. He ruled out paying them a penny. Economy https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-tomahawk-killed-120-iranian-schoolchildren/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-tomahawk-killed-120-iranian-schoolchildren/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:09:16 GMT Iran's funeral for Khamenei draws millions as evidence mounts that Washington's assassination gamble killed diplomacy, empowered hardliners and left a Minab school in ruins. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/47-000-patients-oppose-palantir-nhs-data-deal/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/47-000-patients-oppose-palantir-nhs-data-deal/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:09:14 GMT Palantir holds NHS patient records and a 'strategic partnership' with the Israeli military. Andy Burnham won't say what happens when the contract comes up for renewal. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/farage-blocked-digital-pound-for-crypto-billionaire/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/farage-blocked-digital-pound-for-crypto-billionaire/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:09:13 GMT A Labour MP has referred Farage to the standards watchdog over lobbying that helped his biggest donor's crypto fortune. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/four-jailed-as-terrorists-starmer-s-law-enables-more/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/four-jailed-as-terrorists-starmer-s-law-enables-more/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:09:12 GMT TITLE: Four jailed as terrorists, Starmer’s last bill targets journalists # TYPE: analysis # DESK: uk # REGISTER: engaged # EXCERPT: Four activists were jailed as terrorists for damaging an arms factory. Days before Starmer leaves office, his last bill puts journalists in the same dock. # TAGS: national-security-bill, palestine-action, press-freedom, civil-liberties, protest-rights, terrorism-act, shabana-mahmood, UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/cair-branded-terrorist-with-no-subpoenas-no-charges/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/cair-branded-terrorist-with-no-subpoenas-no-charges/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:56:45 GMT Florida declared CAIR a terrorist organisation and RFK Jr's HHS opened a probe into its funding, the same week, against the same group. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/gaza-surgeon-tortured-to-death-75-mps-demand-netanyahu-sanct/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/gaza-surgeon-tortured-to-death-75-mps-demand-netanyahu-sanct/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:56:44 GMT 75 cross-party MPs want Netanyahu sanctioned over Palestinian torture deaths. Six months on, the Foreign Office still won't act. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/jailed-banned-silenced-starmer-s-final-power-grab/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/jailed-banned-silenced-starmer-s-final-power-grab/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:56:43 GMT Four activists are serving years as convicted terrorists while a caretaker government forces through a law that could jail journalists and aid workers too. UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-wins-power-to-sack-regulators-fed-stays-protected/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-wins-power-to-sack-regulators-fed-stays-protected/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:56:42 GMT SCOTUS let Trump fire regulators who protect consumers and workers, then ruled the Fed alone stays out of his reach. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/as-millions-mourned-khamenei-israel-hunted-the-negotiators/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/as-millions-mourned-khamenei-israel-hunted-the-negotiators/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:56:41 GMT Israel plotted to kill Iran's peace negotiators mid-talks as millions mourned Ali Khamenei, a war Washington still cannot claim it won. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-pick-stalls-warrantless-spy-bill/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-pick-stalls-warrantless-spy-bill/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:59:48 GMT Trump's pick of political loyalist Bill Pulte to lead intelligence agencies threatens FISA Section 702 renewal, alarming lawmakers who warn Americans' communications remain at risk. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/iran-s-missile-barrage-on-israel-rewrites-middle-east-balanc/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/iran-s-missile-barrage-on-israel-rewrites-middle-east-balanc/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:55:45 GMT Iran fired 30 ballistic missiles at Israel hours after Israeli warplanes hit Beirut, signalling that Tehran will no longer treat strikes on Lebanon as a matter Israel can settle on its own terms Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-announces-700m-coal-investment-using-wartime-powers/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/trump-announces-700m-coal-investment-using-wartime-powers/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:47 GMT Trump's $700m coal plant bailout invokes wartime powers as petrol hits $4.24 — but climate experts warnlocked-in emissions will cost consumers far more long-term. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/pacific-islands-face-militarised-oceans-as-aukus-drones-depl/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/pacific-islands-face-militarised-oceans-as-aukus-drones-depl/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:47 GMT Pacific island nations say nothing as UK-US-Australia deploy underwater drones across their waters from 2027 UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/former-geo-group-vp-becomes-interim-ice-chief-as-detention-p/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/former-geo-group-vp-becomes-interim-ice-chief-as-detention-p/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:46 GMT Families in ICE detention face another private prison executive leading the agency as GEO Group profits jump 700%. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/judge-reopens-trump-irs-settlement-probe-after-35-former-jud/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/judge-reopens-trump-irs-settlement-probe-after-35-former-jud/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:45 GMT A federal judge is investigating whether Trump's $1.8bn IRS settlement was a 'fraud on the court' after ex-judges warned it let the president sue himself United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/starmer-and-mandelson-face-questions-over-missing-messages-a/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/starmer-and-mandelson-face-questions-over-missing-messages-a/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:45 GMT Newly released Mandelson files expose disappearing messages, stolen phones, and deep Labour ties to discredited Epstein associate UK https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-strikes-qeshm-island-as-missiles-hit-kuwait-bahrain-bases/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-strikes-qeshm-island-as-missiles-hit-kuwait-bahrain-bases/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:42:44 GMT Gulf populations caught in exchange as US targets Iran while Tehran hits American bases in Kuwait and Bahrain Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/un-documents-systematic-israeli-prison-rape/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/un-documents-systematic-israeli-prison-rape/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:33:59 GMT Verified abuse includes rape, genital mutilation, forced nudity — as Israel cuts diplomatic ties with UN in protest. Middle East https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/capitol-rioter-joins-pentagon-counter-terror-team/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/capitol-rioter-joins-pentagon-counter-terror-team/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:33:59 GMT Civilians in Yemen, Somalia and the Sahel face new risk as a Capitol rioter joins the office overseeing hostage rescue and embassy security. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-strikes-iran-s-qeshm-island/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/us-strikes-iran-s-qeshm-island/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:33:58 GMT At least five Lebanese civilians killed including child as US expands Iran war, while diplomatic talks remain uncertain footnote. United States https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/starmer-s-disappearing-messages-erase-public-records/ https://peoplesbritain.co.uk/starmer-s-disappearing-messages-erase-public-records/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:33:58 GMT The PM uses disappearing messages, but the real story is whatBritons have lost: evidence of decisions on benefits, Gaza arms and more. UK