The Latest Breaking News from Gabriel Attal

French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly worn by Muslims

The French government has been pilloried for releasing a video honouring Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ civil rights march – using white children only.

Ban on loose-fitting dresses worn by some Muslim women provokes row over secularism

France will ban children in state-run schools from wearing loose-fitting, full-length robes known as abayas, worn by some Muslim women. This is the first major announcement from new education minister Gabriel Attal, who spoke to French media on Sunday ahead of the back-to-school season.

Left-wing opposition party criticises ‘policing of clothing’ and calls minister’s announcement ‘unconstitutional’

President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled ministers in key domestic portfolios such as education, housing and urban affairs in a bid to put the government in a stronger position to continue its reform programme and respond to recent riots. The 41-strong cabinet has eight new members, with more traditional MPs and…

The French government is clamping down on social security fraud - which the Court of Audit says costs the country between 6 and 8 billion euros a year – rolling out plans to make it harder to get benefits while also hiking up penalties for those who cheat the system.

French minister for public spending Gabriel Attal promised on Tuesday to tighten tax controls on the "ultra-rich" and multinationals and to ease the pressure on the middle classes as part of an anti tax fraud plan.

As French income tax season opens, the government wants to know what people think should be done with their taxes, and has launched a programme for taxpayers to tell them.