Peter Walker
The Guardian
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Inaction over Raac is slowing pupils’ return to classrooms, says Labour
Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says the education department is leaving MPs and headteachers in the dark about what it is doing → Read More
Keir Starmer arrives in Canada to set out stall on immigration policy
Diplomatic and media blitz for Labour leader will include appearances on Sunday morning political shows → Read More
Labour pledges spending discipline as it reveals possible manifesto policies
No extra money for childcare revolution as policies on areas from green economy to immigration are set out → Read More
Anger as time runs out for government to ban conversion therapy in UK
Campaigners lament ‘total moral failing’ of successive prime ministers to act on promise to ban practices → Read More
Tory London mayor candidate liked tweets praising Enoch Powell
Susan Hall also seemingly endorsed Islamophobic abuse of Labour rival Sadiq Khan, campaign group reveals → Read More
Starmer criticised by left and right after setting out plan to stop Channel crossings
Labour leader accused of pandering to anti-migrant sentiments by those on the left while Tories seize on proposal for deal with EU → Read More
Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way
A parliamentary group has compiled 10 recommendations to make our roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists → Read More
The concrete crisis: is Britain falling apart?
Last-minute safety worries about the structural soundness of school buildings threw the new term into chaos for many children and their parents. Could the episode spell disaster for Rishi Sunak’s government? → Read More
Khalife escape shows government failing ‘duty to keep people safe’, says Labour
Opposition says prison escape, crumbling concrete in schools and alleged Chinese spying show Tory dereliction of public services → Read More
Starmer to highlight Labour plans to tackle Channel crossings
Party believes Rishi Sunak is vulnerable on issue of small boat crossings and immigration → Read More
Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights
Home secretary calls the court ‘politicised’ and refuses to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekers → Read More
Local election polls open across England in ballot test for Sunak as PM
Voting on more than 8,000 seats across 230 councils will involve UK’s first mass use of mandatory ID outside Northern Ireland → Read More
Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘killing the dream of home ownership’
Labour leader castigates PM for dropping compulsory housebuilding targets for councils → Read More
Clampdown on cold calls and mass texting technology announced in UK
New fraud strategy responding to web- and phone-based scams will result in recruitment of 400 new ‘specialist investigators’ → Read More
Labour to ditch its promise to abolish tuition fees in England
Keir Starmer says party will set out ‘fairer solution’ to funding university fees in coming weeks → Read More
Greens hoping ultra-local focus will bring low-key revolution in Suffolk
Mid Suffolk will become first majority-controlled Green council in UK if party wins at least five more seats → Read More
BBC chair Richard Sharp braced for potentially damning report on his appointment
Report expected imminently will detail how Sharp came to be recommended for job by Boris Johnson → Read More
Tory minister refuses to say if number of voters without photo ID will be fully recorded
MPs accuse Rachel Maclean of being unable to answer how government will record impact of new system → Read More
Former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen expelled permanently from party
North West Leicestershire MP has sat as independent since losing Tory whip after comparing use of Covid jabs to Holocaust → Read More
UK begins evacuating citizens from Sudan after Germany allows use of airfield
Second RAF flight reportedly arrives in Cyprus as Britain begins belated evacuation of 2,000 trapped nationals → Read More