All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a 'mark of disrespect' for kids to miss class for no good reason and warned it harms their life chances and disrupts other children's learning

Tens of thousands of people have signed the Mirror's petition calling for a general election now to allow voters deliver their verdict on the last few years of Tory chaos

London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled £140 million plans to extend universal free school meals for the 2024/25 school year, after piloting the approach in state-funded primaries across the Capital from September

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson vowed to crack down on long term absence after the number of children repeatedly missing class shot up following the pandemic

It comes as a petition calling for ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE attracted more than one million signatures

Alan Bates and his partner Suzanne appeared on This Morning today where they responded to the comments made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the Post Office scandal and were gifted a holiday by Richard Branson

Former Cop President Sir Alok Sharma warned Rishi Sunak was 'not being serious' about tackling the climate crisis as he condemned a law to allow more oil and gas drilling licences

Rishi Sunak said his 'working assumption' was to hold a general election in the 'second half of the year' in an attempt to squash speculation he could call a vote early

Labour leader Keir Starmer was asked whether 16-year-old Luke Littler's performance at the World Darts Championship justified extending the vote to younger teenagers

Labour leader Keir Starmer warned voters couldn't afford another year of Tory misery - and said cowardly Rishi Sunak was scared of putting his record to the voters

Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings

Ark Walworth Academy Principal Jessica West told the Mirror how critical free school meals are for pupils at her school in Southwark, south London

The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education

In a New Year message to the nation, Labour leader Keir Starmer said 2024 must be the year 'we get Britain’s future back' and said the fate of the country 'will rest in your hands'

In a bombshell revelation, Dominic Cummings claimed that Rishi Sunak offered him a 'secret deal' as he wanted him to 'deliver the election' during two top-secret meetings in Yorkshire and London

Home Secretary James Cleverly was forced to apologise after we revealed he joked about drugging his wife, saying 'a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink every night' was 'not really illegal if it's only a little bit'

After the unprecedented chaos of 2022, which saw Boris Johnson and Liz Truss brought down by their own failings, Rishi Sunak's efforts to steady the ship have repeatedly been tested

Westminster City Council is currently investigating unpaid business rates of around £9 million from 26 rogue American candy shops in London's Oxford Street

More than 23,000 claims were made for pothole compensation payouts by drivers in England last year, whose cars were damaged by crater-filled roads

Ahead of the Boxing Day sales, analysis of Government figures shows more than one in eight offenders who will be spared jail under Tory reforms committed theft from shops

Prime Minister RIshi Sunak is under pressure to denounce the Home Secretary's remarks after James Cleverly joked about giving his wife a date-rape drug

The Metropolitan Police confirmed it was investigating a fire in a shed at Tory MP Mike Freer's office in North Finchley, London, as it is believed to have been started deliberately

The Prime Minister joked that he was 'nailing it' as he successfully made contactless payments in a festive video - after a previous clip of him struggling to use his card went viral

Analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data found that 1.1million households with single mothers are forced to use less gas or electricity in their homes, while 1.4million are cutting back on food and other essentials

A survey of more than 4,000 support staff such as teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors and nursery nurses found 41% fear they can’t pay for their Christmas groceries