All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Researchers found children whose parents lost their jobs or saw changes to their employment situation during the first year of the pandemic were more likely to see their social and emotional skills worsen.

Despite record temperatures and wildfires raging in Europe, the Government has signalled that some green policies could be watered down - and Labour is doing some soul searching around its own agenda

The National Education Union (NEU) said 86% of its teacher members in England who took part in an electronic ballot voted to accept the progress made in the pay dispute and call off industrial action, with a 60% turnout

Nick Timothy will stand for the Conservatives in West Suffolk, which has been represented by Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary turned I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here contestant since 2010

Rishi Sunak got shirty with Good Morning Scotland presenter Martin Geissler, who challenged the PM over whether he was jetting to Aberdeenshire by plane - and suggested critics wanted to ban people going on holiday

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Russia must stop holding global food supplies 'hostage' after the Kremlin pulled out of a wartime export deal allowing safe shipment of grain from Ukraine

The Labour leader, who became vegetarian 25 years ago but has gone back to eating fish, said his children were given the choice over how they wanted to eat once they were 10-years-old

The British Medical Association announced another wave of 'monthly strike action' and called on the Government to return to the table for talks

The Government pledged to deliver 30 hours a week of free childcare to kids under five by September 2025 - but MPs warned it won’t work without help for nurseries that are 'straining to survive'

Wildfires have raged in the region in recent days, with up to 10,000 British holidaymakers believed to be caught up in the chaos on the popular Greek island of Rhodes

Professor Swaran Singh, who carried out a probe into anti-Muslim sentiment in the Conservative Party, said the 'turmoil' of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's chaotic stints in No10 hampered the Tories' ability to enact reforms.

The Chancellor opened up about his battle with skin cancer and described how the disease ravaged his family, affecting his brother and claiming the lives of both his parents

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will announce the whisky UKGI status today at the Royal Welsh Show. She said Single Malt Welsh Whisky is widely acclaimed for its lightness of character

Today, on the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s commitment, charities say millions of elderly and vulnerable Brits are still struggling to access the care they need

More than 4.8 million appointments took place more than a fortnight after booking in May as overstretched family doctors battle spiralling waiting lists

Michaela Thomas, 30, who works at Mayfield School in Redbridge, east London, said her 11-year-old daughter no longer qualifies for free lunches after she increased the length of her working day last September

Labour officials saw off attempts to get the party to scrap the Tory two-child benefit cap, along with calls to widen free school meals provision, as the leadership keeps a tight grip on spending plans

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said today that four children were among those wounded in the early-morning blasts, which severely damaged the historic Transfiguration Cathedral, in Odesa, Ukraine

Unilever and other Western companies have come under pressure to pull out of Russia since it invaded Ukraine - but now said it will allow its staff to be conscripted

Keir Starmer said Labour's stunning by-election turnaround in Selby and Ainsty was a 'cry for change', as the Lib Dems seized Somerton and Frome but under-pressure Rishi Sunak narrowly scraped a win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Shamed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's legal costs were met by the public purse during the Commons Privileges Committee probe, which delivered a damning verdict on his Partygate denials

Labour's Keir Mather, 25, overturned a massive 20,000-strong Tory majority to seize Selby and Ainsty, in North Yorkshire - which will make him the youngest MP in Parliament

Rishi Sunak is hoping to reset his premiership as the party faces a bruising night at the polls - with voters due to deliver their verdict on the Tories in three crunch by-elections

Ex-Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood triggered fury from fellow Tories with the clip where he credited the authoritarian regime with improving security in Afghanistan

The two former PMs were handed thousands of pounds in taxpayers' cash while former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was given £16,000 after just 38 days in the role