Politics

'We must provide parents with access to early years settings and high quality services that can help them to overcome key challenges,' writes Matt Buttery, CEO of global parenting programme provider, Triple P UK and Ireland

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'

Axing even popular, busy ones will ­intensify the backlash and strengthen the legal case of Labour mayors preparing a court challenge

Ministers and train companies have been spooked over legal challenges to how the process has been conducted, amid claims that the 21 day consultation was too short and unlawful

The Mirror has launched the Face Justice campaign to call for an urgent change in the law to force killers to appear in the dock for their sentencing hearings

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

The grim milestone in the latest official figures includes over 13,000 households forced to live in B&Bs and 5,890 in hostels as housing crisis worsens

Cabinet minister Michael Gove insisted the Tories remain committed to a 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars - a day after Rishi Sunak wobbled over the deadline

Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said hundreds of thousands of families are 'grappling with the Tory mortgage bombshell" as budgets are squeezed by hikes in interest rates

Passengers only have until Wednesday to have their say on the devastating proposals put forward by train operators to close ticket offices at 974 stations across England

The top Tory suggested then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak was preoccupied with the pandemic, adding there was a breakdown in communication about compensation for victims

The Prime Minister faces pressure from the Tory right to row back on Net Zero pledges - but Friends of the Earth say doing so under political pressure would be "inexcusable" as wildfires tear through Europe, America, and Asia

The former Ukip leader was furious after the broadcaster claimed that Coutts had closed his account because he was no longer wealthy enough

Charlotte Owen, who is just 30 years old, has been given a peerage for for life after being named in the former PM's honours list of allies, cronies and Partygate pals last month

People with the wealth and power to pollute have the privilege of getting rescued from the effects of it, says Fleet Street Fox. Migrants whose countries have turned to war-torn desert are told to lump it

Labour's Lisa Nandy says the housing crisis has 'gone from bad to worse' after 13 years of Tory rule with the building of new homes in the country 'falling of a cliff'

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

Spain's opposition conservative party has claimed victory in a snap election, but without the result they needed for a majority

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

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

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

The Government says is on course to meet its target of building one million homes - but only two weeks ago the Commons Housing Committee warned it is unlikely to deliver its target of 300,000 new homes per year

Kevin Maguire says it is vital that Labour improves communications and puts more effort into selling policies, including the case for cleaner air when pollution kills tens of thousands of people every year

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