‘It isn’t Ofsted inspections that will help children to catch up with lost learning caused by the pandemic’

Refugee Council findings contradict Priti Patel’s claims that 70 per cent of arrivals are ‘economic migrants’

Latest developments after Remembrance Sunday explosion

Report claims loan was ‘unusual’ but approved as it could open up ‘further business potential with the royal family’

Anne-Marie Trevelyan hopes senior Tory MP can ‘work’ with party on allegation

British ministers should not pursue a trade deal with the major economy while Jair Bolsonaro is in charge, trade union boss, Frances O’Grady, said

Mistaken payments nearly doubled during the pandemic, due to the easing of fraud and error controls

‘Whole industry’ devoted to defending individuals intent on causing harm, claims home secretary

PM accused of ‘dirty tricks’ after announcing reform plans on eve of difficult vote

Richard Radcliffe says government’s approach to his wife’s case ‘shames this country’

Home secretary accused of ‘peddling dangerous myths’ about people seeking protection

Findings were described by the inspectorate as ‘disappointing’

Trans-pacific partnership (CPTPP) has limited economic benefits but ministers are desperate for a win

Britain’s tax debt burden more than doubles to £42bn

Decathlon says they are seeing a surge in crossing attempts

As police probe bomber killed in blast outside maternity ward, revulsion grows on streets of the Kensington area he called home, finds Colin Drury

Officer was shot dead while policing protest outside Libyan embassy in 1984

Cricketer tells select committee treatment of him led to ‘suicidal thoughts’ in 2017

Home secretary vowed to make ‘the deadly route unviable’

‘I encouraged the prime minister to go down this route and I was wrong, I made a mistake’

Caroline Nokes claims 81-year-old smacked her ‘on the backside about as hard as he could’ in 2003

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Police are probing how a Christian convert who studied cake decorating at college turned into a terrorist, Lizzie Dearden reports

Lord Chief Justice warns hundreds of millions of pounds needed to stop courts falling down

Figures come amid calls for nightclub boycotts and greater action to tackle spiking

Police say burglars ‘individually praised us for working out who they were and locating them’

The Cambo oil field was being considered during the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow

Control Risks said there was a ‘very high’ chance Afghanistan could become a safe haven for terrorists

Mendy now faces six counts of rape and one of sexual assault

Climbdown comes after a week of No 10 declining to say if prime minister backed a crackdown

Images show rotating mass of water near western shore

Michael Gove pushed forward firm co-owned by Conservative donor

Zephaniah McLeod got taxi home to pick up second blade during 90-minute attack

Mural increased the value of shop by around £200,000

A chastened British government has admitted that it was wrong to try to block a lawmaker’s suspension for breaching ethics rules

Expansion of the domestic Covid passport scheme from December under consideration, first minister says

Attempt to get Tory off the hook damaged parliament, says former PM – as MPs finally approve U-turn

Detectives now believe 32-year-old’s vanishing was linked to crime

Craig Goodwin had previously been jailed for punching the same victim in another incident

Barker previously had convictions for battery as a juvenile

Al-Swealmeen had converted to Christianity around 2017 after taking an Alpha course at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral

‘Never again will me or my family shop with you. Disgusting propaganda,’ one woman tells supermarket

Bomber, 32, rented property where explosive components were found

National terror threat incident raised to severe as detectives probe how attack failed

Gus O’Donnell urges MPs to act if prime minister refuses, saying ‘This is for parliament to decide’

Mocked up image showed former Labour leader laying wreath at site of car explosion

UK terror threat level raised as incident declared terrorist attack and suspect named