Claire Ellicott

Claire Ellicott, Whitehall Editor and James Tapsfield Andy Burnham received a boost to his campaign to win the Makerfield by-election as polling put him 20 points ahead of his party.

Schools should introduce air conditioning to prevent learning days being lost to hot days, it says.

Continue reading Classrooms should be no hotter than 25C to protect pupils from global warming, the Climate Change Committee has advised.

Continue reading The UK has backtracked on its pledge to ban slave labour from its renewable supply chain to meet Ed Miliband's Net Zero goals.

Outspoken MP Karl Turner tweeted a message from Jonathan Reynolds who threatened to block him if he didn't stop contacting him.

Outspoken MP Karl Turner tweeted a message from Jonathan Reynolds who threatened to block him if he didn't stop contacting him.

A Labour feud between a suspended MP who accused the Number 10 'boy's club' of smearing him and the Chief Whip has burst into the open.

In a sobering assessment in his long-awaited report, Alan Milburn says the number of so-called Neets is on course to jump by a quarter to 1.25million.

Former Labour Cabinet minister Alan Milburn said that the total was more than the country spends on education each year.

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he would not rule out overturning the recommendation which campaigners branded a 'profound disappointment'.