All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

The Tory austerity architect said 'anti-nanny state Conservatives' are 'not worth listening to' as he took aim at Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for delaying a ban on junk food advertising

Education Minister Jeremy Miles unveiled new statutory guidance to make uniforms more affordable by ensuring families aren't made to buy branded items or specific styles which can drive up bills

Sky News presenter Kay Burley grilled Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on whether he was a 'Nimby' (Not in my back yard) after his local council tried to block plans to house asylum seekers on a disused airbase

The Labour leader said the party was preparing to 'move on' from its commitment to free tuition, which was written into the last two manifestos under Jeremy Corbyn leadership

Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to both Tony Blair and David Cameron, who secured wins of more than 10% over their rival ruling party in local elections before they entered Downing Street

A group of school leaders are crowdfunding 'to gather evidence of Ofsted’s unfair practices and their devastating impact on schools' in the wake of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry

The Tories vowed to tackle precarious zero hours contracts five years ago but the Government has failed to deliver on its promise

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are staging a 28-hour strike over pay and conditions, with nurses across England downing tools until 23.59pm on Monday

The warning comes as NHS staff stages their largest walkout yet until 11.59pm this evening after unions voted to reject an offer of a five per cent pay increase

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield urged Conservative ministers to 'put aside ideological purity' to end the wave of school strikes threatening children's education

Nurses are taking part in strikes across England until 23.59pm on Monday night - with A&E and cancer staff are joining the walkouts for the first time

More than one in four Physics lessons were taught by a non-expert teacher last year, rising to nearly one in five in French, German, Drama and DT, according to a Labour analysis

NAHT leader Paul Whiteman accused the Government of showing 'contempt' for kids by refusing to restart pay talks after the Government's offer was emphatically rejected by hard-pressed school staff

Relations between schools and the education watchdog have dramatically deteriorated since the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report that downgraded her school to inadequate

The General Secretaries of the four major teaching unions will gather today at the NAHT's conference in Telford, where they are expected to announce plans to coordinate their industrial action

The RMT rail union announced a new strike date after rejecting the latest pay offer from the Rail Delivery Group

Han Zheng, who was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy, will represent China at King Charles's Coronation on May 6 - provoking anger from top Tories over his role in a crackdown of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will take part in strike actions in schools across England today after rejecting the Government’s 'insulting' pay offer

Tamworth MP Chris Pincher resigned as Deputy Chief Whip last summer after allegations he had drunkenly groped two men in a private members' club in London - in a scandal that set in motion the end of Boris Johnson's premiership

School leaders are being forced to cut spending on outings, IT equipment, extracurriculars and support staff - and to use cash intended for poorest pupils to plug budget gaps

Chief economist Huw Pill said there was a game of 'pass the parcel' taking place over the economic pain - and said workers asking for higher pay and firms putting up prices were fuelling inflation

Top SNP figures made 'mind boggling' admission that they were unaware the party had splashed out on a luxury Niesmann+Bischoff campervan - worth more than £100,000 - until it was seized by police

Heads are struggling to plug the funding gap for universal infant school meals, as catering costs are often exceeding the £2.41 per child per meal handed to schools by the Government

Firms will be forced to remind consumers when a free trial or an introductory offer is coming to an end - and make it easier for people to exit subscriptions under new legislation

Nursing leaders accused the Government of trying to 'silence members' with a legal threat against a planned 48-hour walkout from 8pm on Sunday, April 30, to 8pm on Tuesday, May 2