Labour is warned new Ofsted rating system for schools – devised after headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life – has been ‘rushed’ and will only ‘make matters worse’_Nhy
A new ratings system for schools has been ‘rushed and botched’ and will ‘make matters worse’, critics warned last night. The redesigned blueprint, unveiled today, is aimed at making inspections by education watchdog Ofsted ‘fairer’ to teachers in the wake of the…
Keir Starmer has ‘serious questions to answer’ after he met a voice coach at the height of Covid restrictions_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer has ‘serious questions to answer’ after it emerged he met with a voice coach at the height of Covid restrictions, the Tories said last night. On Christmas Eve 2020, while London was under ‘Tier 4 restrictions’, the Prime Minister sought the help of Leonie Mellinger…
Yvette Cooper under fire after raising prospect of resurrecting an ‘intrusive’ database scrapped by the Tories of every child in the country_Nhy
Yvette Cooper has raised the prospect of Labour resurrecting a database of every child in the country. The Home Secretary highlighted ContactPoint as a way that police and social services could share information on young people, as she was challenged over…
Labour’s new betrayal: Struggling businesses will ‘pay the price’ of Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset, experts warn – amid plans to lock UK into EU’s net zero policy_Nhy
Suffering businesses are facing higher costs as Keir Starmer seeks to link Britain to the EU’s green scheme. The Prime Minister, who is in Brussels today as part of his ‘reset’ five years after Brexit, wants to align the UK’s emissions policy with…
Nigel Farage announces ‘biggest ever’ political rally in Birmingham to launch Reform UK’s local elections campaign push – as new poll puts party as Labour’s main challenger_Nhy
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced the party will hold the ‘biggest ever’ political rally in modern British history, as it prepares for elections across the UK. He has set his sights on going into the May 1 local and mayoral…
PM’s legal chief ‘helped write handbook’ on how ‘Palestinian victims’ could sue arms dealers in UK courts to fight ‘Israeli apartheid’_Nhy
Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s legal chief is said to have helped write a handbook on how Palestinian victims could sue arms dealers in the UK. Lord Richard Hermer KC, who is the Labour leader’s Attorney General, wrote a chapter in a book about…
Report that Rachel Reeves cited as evidence a third Heathrow runway would boost the economy ‘was commissioned by the airport itself’_Nhy
A report Rachel Reeves cited as evidence in favour of a third runway at Heathrow was allegedly commissioned by the airport itself. In a speech in Oxford this week, the Chancellor claimed that a new runway at Heathrow could create up to 100,000 new…
Labour could lose more MPs to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party than the Conservatives will, mega-poll finds_Nhy
Labour could lose several more seats to Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK than the Conservatives, a new mega-poll has found. It suggested that Labour would lose many constituencies across their ‘red wall’ as well as seats in Wales and the south of England if…
How Keir Starmer used Shakespearean actress to help him get over ‘stage fright’ as she admits Labour leader would ‘shut down’ when out of his comfort zone_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer used a Shakespearean actress to help him get over stage fright as she admits he would ‘shut down’ when he was out of his comfort zone. The premier first called in communications coach Leonie Mellinger in 2017 as he set…
Dominic Cummings ‘offered to make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister if the Labour leader helped get Brexit done’, book claims_Nhy
Dominic Cummings offered to make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister if he helped get Brexit done, a new book has claimed. He met up with the then Labour leader’s former spokesperson Matt Zarb-Cousin at Indian restaurant Dishoom in Shoreditch where he discussed the MP for Islington…