The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Keegan

Critics claimed clauses in bill would have given ministers sweeping powers over how academies operate

Critics welcomed the decision to scrap the bill but said it was a symptom of the chaos of the last 12 months - which has seen FIVE different Education Secretaries in charge

Education secretary says she looks forward to ‘de-escalation’ as unions in England ballot over industrial action

Iceland, Co-op, Waitrose and Morrisons have also signed the letter to Gillian Keegan

Feed the Future: YouGov finds strong political consensus over extending scheme to all those in poverty

Food banks said that this ‘winter will be the hardest yet’ and warned that stock levels were running low

Rishi Sunak is answering MPs’ questions in the House of Commons amid the fallout from Sir Gavin Williamson’s resignation. The Prime Minister said he “obviously regret(s)” appointing Sir Gavin to his Cabinet and said it was “absolutely right that he resigned”. Mr Sunak was earlier defended by Education Secretary Gillian…

North Northamptonshire Council wants to prevent migrants being accommodated at the Royal Hotel in Kettering.

NHS braces for prolonged period of industrial action by health workers over the winter and into next year