Government under pressure to follow Scotland’s example by enforcing face mask use in secondary schools

BORIS JOHNSON’S government is under pressure from Labour and education unions to follow Scotland’s example by enforcing the wearing of face masks b

Alleged rape victim of unnamed Tory former minister wants MPs to name and shame him

THE identity of the Conservative MP who was arrested on suspicion of rape should be revealed in Parliament when MPs return to Westminster next week

Labour calls for Covid furlough scheme to be extended and tailored for regions most affected by ailing industries

Labour slams £15m charge to NHS trusts for hiring overseas specialists as ‘nothing short of an outrage’

THE government has charged NHS trusts more than £15 million over the past three years for hiring overseas specialists, it was revealed today.

Care homes were ‘pushed’ constantly to admit hospital patients who tested positive for coronavirus

AS THE Covid-19 pandemic gripped Britain, care homes came under “constant pressure” to admit hospital patients who had the virus, a landmark study

Government's last minute U-turn on evictions ban gives renters ‘a few more weeks to pack their bags’

Renters, charities and Labour urged No10 to use the extra time to come up with long-term solutions to the housing crisis

Petition for fairer GCSE and A-level exams in 2021 surpasses 25,000 signatures in under 24 hours

MORE than 25,000 people have signed a petition calling for fairer GCSE and A-level exams next year in its first 24 hours.

Families who lost front-line worker relatives to Covid ‘forced to choose’ between benefits and compensation

FAMILIES who lost loved ones to coronavirus while they were working on the front line of the crisis could be stripped of their benefits after recei

Education unions and Labour condemn ‘utterly disgraceful’ delay of Btec results

QUESTIONS over the “utterly disgraceful” delay in publishing vocational and technical qualification grades remained unanswered today as secondary s

Government urged to extend evictions ban past Sunday over fears thousands of renters could be made homeless

THE government was urged today to extend the ban on evictions after fears that the thousands of private renters made homeless during the pandemic w