Brexit removed vital European cash for mountain path building and maintenance. Now, volunteers are taking action to help fill the gaps, as Peter Ranscombe reports.| The Lead
Ella Glover tackles an issue which will affect 1.5m people in the UK alone.| The Lead
The Met Police is pushing ahead with plans to use divisive LFR at Notting Hill – it's another terrifying slide towards state surveillance. Plus: Zoë Grünewald on Epping decision + latest ReformWatch.| The Lead
The high court's decision to close Epping's asylum hotel is the inevitable consequence of years of hostile anti-immigration rhetoric| The Lead
A grant-giving system is offline for seven weeks, Fergal Kinney reports on the body-blow to creatives, and the precarity of the arts industry.| The Lead
As the Premier League kicks off this weekend you're unlikely to see a non-white official on the pitch. With so many initiatives to improve diversity in football – why is refereeing lagging behind?| The Lead
Some may sneer at every heat-health warning, but high temperatures come with dangers our housing stock is not ready for. Can we improve things?| The Lead
Plus: Drilling into Farage's plan for crime, the latest on what Reform have been up to, The Lead Digest and updates from The Lead North team.| The Lead
Our Westminster Editor, Zoe Grunewald, joined The Bunker to unpack Nigel Farage’s misleading crime claims and explore the real issues Reform UK ignores| The Lead
The likes of Oasis and Beyonce have defined a summer of big gigs. But does this mask a splintering of music tastes and the crash of smaller music economies? Fergal Kinney reports.| The Lead
Technology is about to intensify police abuse – this effects all of us.| national.thelead.uk
Protests – right across the political spectrum – are likely this weekend. But why are so many protestors ending up on the wrong side of the law?| The Lead
Plus: Our summer reads in a bumper The Lead Digest, ReformWatch including the Reform UK Board election and latest from The Lead North.| The Lead
Another week, and it’s another two institutions on the brink – prisons and the asylum system.| The Lead
Listen now: Broadcaster Jaydee Dyer shares the trauma of being stopped by police from the age of 11 into adulthood – can this police tactic be improved?| The Lead
The Lead is proud to launch the documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu. Watch it first here.| The Lead
Entire East Anglian villages could be lost by 2050 – bolder environmental action is desperately needed from the government.| The Lead
Changes in the law can often feel abstract and like 'they won't affect me' but this new act is probably having an impact on your browsing.| The Lead
Plus: The latest from Reform Watch, long-reads galore in The Lead Digest, and a slice of the news in the North.| The Lead
Plus: Remembering Alice, Bebe and Elsie one year on.| The Lead
Broadcaster Jaydee Dyer shares “dehumanising” experiences of being repeatedly detained for no reason in new documentary film.| national.thelead.uk
As Keir Starmer undertakes a test for HIV Testing Week - the second part of our special report into the UK's pledge to end the transmission of new cases of HIV by 2030| national.thelead.uk
Plus: The latest from the North of England, more hot air in this week's Reform Watch, and everything from hurling, to AI and The Beatles in The Lead Digest.| national.thelead.uk
Plus: Defections and scandal in this week's Reform Watch, everything our team recommends in the latest The Lead Digest, and more from the North of England.| national.thelead.uk
No early years strategy is credible unless it tackles child poverty head-on.| national.thelead.uk
We rank how Keir Starmer and the government is performing against a progressive agenda on the economy, NHS, housing and education and you give your ratings too| national.thelead.uk
Black women’s stories are often erased or deliberately hidden, Nova Reid's new podcast urges you to get to know the pioneering Caribbean women who have shaped our culture.| national.thelead.uk
Mary Woolaston is only the fourth woman of colour to be honoured with a statue in the capital| national.thelead.uk
Parents warn of lasting trauma as local authorities facing financial meltdown withdraw support from children too unwell to attend school - report Sarah Woods and Lauren Crosby-Medlicott.| national.thelead.uk
Plus: Why Kier Starmer should worry less about Farage and more about himself, the latest ReformWatch, The Lead Digest, and our View from the North all in The Lead's weekend edition| national.thelead.uk
Considering whether the National Audit Office need to be sent in to examine what's happening at one of the UK's largest brownfield redevelopment sites| national.thelead.uk
Politics and culture with a campaigning heart, covering people, place and policy beyond the mainstream headlines. Click to read The Lead, by The Lead Editors, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| national.thelead.uk
The government's anti-migrant lurch will damage the country to please a few pensioners with dog-whistle politics| national.thelead.uk
Our editors share their top picks and favourite stories for you to enjoy this Easter weekend.| national.thelead.uk
Young people are stigmatised and written-off from an early age when labelled with a personality disorder – campaigners want to end these childhood diagnoses.| national.thelead.uk
Lauren Crosby Medlicott delves into the rise of homeschooling, unpacking the causes and what the impacts may be.| national.thelead.uk
Civil service job losses, no tax rises and more - what the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced and what it all means, Zoë Grünewald takes you inside the Spring Statement| national.thelead.uk
As the Spring Statement showed further sweeping cuts, we ask why politicians are afraid to touch the regressive tax as it’s the most vulnerable who pay the price.| national.thelead.uk
The government's new delivery plan for ME doesn't include funding. Now we're fighting back to demand fairer funding.| national.thelead.uk
The Lead has found that there were almost 6,000 out of court settlements by the train operator for fare evasion charges in the last four years.| national.thelead.uk
Exclusive: Home-educated children have an increased chance of being unemployed or dropping out of education entirely, new research reveals.| national.thelead.uk
As health and legal systems continue to fail us as disabled people, this is how we resist— as our own examples of disabled justice, in support of one another, writes William Elisabeth Cuthbert| national.thelead.uk
Listen now | Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald gives her reaction from the Convention of the North in Preston| national.thelead.uk
The world may be a gloomy place, but optimism reigns in Preston at the Convention of the North| national.thelead.uk
Maggie Oliver, who turned whistle blower over the Rochdale grooming scandal, speaks to Susan Griffin for the first time since Home secretary Yvette Cooper's announcement of new inquiries| national.thelead.uk
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have acted quickly - and it's not clear if they have done so legally - over what they deem to be a waste of taxpayer money| national.thelead.uk