Politics

The watchdog has bit hit by a major backlash after headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life in January whilst awaiting an inspection judgement which downgraded her school

Conservatives who support the former Prime Minister said a political resurrection should not be ruled out - as Boris Johnson tweeted about Buddha

'The cost of living crisis, economic incompetence and an ailing NHS in a Broken Britain where nothing seems to work are narrowing any Tory survival path,' writes Kevin Maguire

Labour claimed they are 'on course' for victory at the next general election as the Tories lost key councils and well over a hundred councillors in a local election drubbing

By 7.30pm on Friday the Tories had taken a battering, losing more than 1,000 seats and control of 40 councils as a delighted Keir Starmer claimed Labour are on track to win a majority at the next General Election

Some 400,000 people, including emergency workers, soldiers, sailors and airmen and those involved in tomorrow’s State occasion, will get the gong

These are not the profits of enterprise, endeavour and innovation – they are the spoils of Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, which has sent energy prices soaring

Critics blasted the video as they said it appeared to show 'yet another high-level Conservative ignoring the law by not wearing his seatbelt' after Rishi Sunak was fined for the same thing in January

Britain doesn't need kings and queens, we should go the whole hog and elect our head of state, says Paul Routledge

The union re-balloted its members at 14 train operating companies over continuing its industrial action over pay, winning a mandate for another six months of walkouts

The shamed ex-health secretary received the fee for his appearance on ITV's Good Morning Britain when he was grilled on why he didn't give more of his I'm A Celebrity cash to charity

A body representing pharmacy chains says the Government's attempts to boost family doctors' practices with chemists has create vacancies elsewhere

Questions have been raised about the ballot of Tory MPs for Coronation tickets as it emerged ex-minister Conor Burns has been given one following a row over his sacking

The equipment is desperately needed by Kyiv as it fights a war for survival, but just three deals to buy gear using the special pot of cash have been agreed

Voters said they'd seen elderly people turned away for not having the right ID with new rules requiring people to show a valid form of photo ID coming into force for the first time

Jeremy Craig-Weston, who is standing as a Tory candidate in Thursday's council elections in Oldham, said he 'loathes' the PM, who he has branded a 'backstabbing scrote'

NEU Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney said the row will only be resolved when the Education Secretary 'faces up to the responsibilities of her role' by restarting pay negotiations with unions

The 230 councils being contested in the local elections were last up for grabs in the dying days of Theresa May's premiership in 2019, when the Tories suffered major losses at the ballot box

Across the country over 8,000 seats are up for grabs in 230 councils across England today - but under controversial new rules voters must take photo ID with them to cast a ballot

A petition calls on the Government to place care workers on Band 3 of the NHS's national pay scheme - giving carers a much-needed salary hike

The Government’s mismanagement of the economy has inflicted the steepest fall in living standards since the Second World War

The Labour leader blasts the Conservatives’ failure to tackle the cost of living crisis, make the streets safe and ensure that people can book a GP appointment

It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults

Bizarrely, the former US President suggested the Conservatives in Government were going "far left", as he warned they "really weren't staying Conservative"

As Eva Simpson's son contemplates his future after A-levels, our columnist discusses whether those in further education actually need to be, and asks if there's more value in undertaking vocational training, considering the news that tuition fees may not be scrapped after all...