Success not all about getting to top, says social mobility chief Birbalsingh
Social mobility chief Katherine Birbalsingh says debate too fixated on getting poor to top universities....
Michael Gove vows to end ‘scourge’ of empty second homes
Owners of unoccupied properties would be hit with higher council tax under “levelling up” plans....
British Virgin Islands: UK decides against direct rule of territory
A new administration will be able to make reforms after a report found gross failures of governance....
Smoking age of sale should rise by year each year
Review suggests year by year increases until no-one is allowed to buy tobacco and cigarettes....
Ministry of Defence acquires government’s first quantum computer
The Ministry of Defence is embarking on a year-long project into the possibilities of quantum computing....
Sir Cliff Richard urges anonymity for sex offence suspects
The singer calls for a change in the law, speaking of “how desperate it is to be accused of something you never did”....
Jonathon Seed: Charges dropped against PCC accused of making false declaration
The CPS has dropped its case against ex-Wiltshire police and crime commissioner Jonathon Seed....
NI Protocol: Sir Keir Starmer calls for flexibility and good faith
Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of taking a wrecking ball to UK-Ireland relations....
Boris Johnson sets out plan for benefit claimants to get mortgages
The prime minister focuses on boosting home ownership as he seeks to relaunch his premiership....
The fight for the eastern Ukrainian city will decide the fate of the entire Donbas region, Zelensky says. Local officials say Russia now controls of most of the city.
• Opinion: Why I’m ditching my comfy Canadian lifestyle for Ukraine • Russian soldiers smashed up a Ukrainian school. Then they purportedly left messages for...