Today’s children will not be able to look back on their school years with fondness, warns councillor as Cornwall instigates investigation into strict policies said to include sanctions for looking out...

Have social divisions between adults and children diminished over the 21st century? Dr Pam Jarvis considers the evidence

Starmer’s former chief of staff says he asked people to act quickly but not to skip steps in vetting process

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation

Michael Gove has posed, thumb aloft, with the president elect in Trump Tower against a backdrop of self-aggrandising Trump memorabilia. What does it all mean?

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Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein’s chief enabler. Maxwell’s conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says

The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

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Why are working-class votes going to Reform UK, an undemocratic ‘entrepreneurial political start-up’?

In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all is that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our c...

The government has promised £400 million towards 'tens of thousands of places' in school-based nurseries

Leaders take issue with the new joint judgment area, but Oliver says it's what consultation called for