Politics

All the major education unions are threatening to coordinate walkouts in the autumn term if school staff back strike action, in a major escalation of the fraught dispute over teachers' pay

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has revealed its members worries about being taken to court because of patient safety amid huge pressure on the struggling NHS

Some 44% of 16 to 21 year olds expect to have to move from the North to improve their career chances, according to a study Atkins and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank

Public support in Britain for Ukraine similarly remains strong but MPs report enthusiasm is waning with more gripes about the cost heard on doorsteps.

Maintenance grants were scrapped by the Tories seven years ago, despite the average student in England having loan debt of around £45,000 when they graduate

Following Labour’s success in the local elections, Keir Starmer will face questions on how exactly he will make life better for the millions struggling up and down this country

In an interview with the Mirror, Keir Starmer warned that struggling families cannot afford another day of this Tory government as he urged Rishi Sunak to hold an election

Ahead of Dementia Action Week, the boss of Alzheimer’s Disease International said former prime ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson have failed patients

The crunch showdown comes as the Lib Dems revealed figures showing how customers are still being hit in the wallet even when production costs fall

Top Tory Kemi Badenoch waited almost three months to visit a steelworks then went to two in a fortnight, where she heard bosses plead for government support to save the struggling industry

Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine

A study by the Centre for Progressive Policy think tank has calculated the potential impact of reviving heavy industry across swathes of Britain

Millions of EU nationals could be given the right to vote in UK general elections under Labour, along with 1.4 million 16 and 17-year-olds in a major boost to the size of the electorate

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will begin voting on May 23 for further strike action up to Christmas after the union's six-month mandate expired at the beginning of the month

Last year, 4,231 left the NHS because of the demands of their job – with Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen saying plugging the gaps is taking a heavy personal toll

The former Prime Minister recently splashed out £3.8million in cash on a plush country manor, just months after leaving Downing Street in disgrace and hurling the country into months of chaos

The former Prime Minister is said to have complained about his £164,080 salary while in power – but has managed to find a way to splash £3.8m in cash on a grand new manor house for Carrie and the family

Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft controlled Medacs Healthcare when it was handed 10 NHS deals worth up to £53million between September 2021 and December 2022, contract notices have revealed

Wrightbus, owned by Jo Bamford, son of JCB mogul Lord Bamford and Lady Bamford, will get £6.4m of taxpayers cash as part of the deal

Disgruntled right-wing Conservatives, frustrated at the direction the party is taking, descended on Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation

A report by the National Pharmacy Association predicts 3,000, almost one in four, could shut by next year following years of funding cuts

The Conservative Democratic Organisation, branded a "party within a party" and compared to a Tory version of Jeremy Corbyn-supporting pressure group Momentum, is holding its first conference this weekend in Bournemouth

The Labour leader will say he doesn't care if standing up for stability, order and security 'sounds conservative' - and say Rishi Sunak's Tories preserve 'nothing we value'

'That spirit of togetherness is more important than ever at a time when conflict has once again darkened the continent’s doors'

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock branded it unacceptable that three Tory frontbenchers - including the Prime Minister - have failed to correct misleading claims