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Watch as David Cameron is questioned for the first time as foreign secretary in front of a Lords committee on Thursday, 14 December.

Editorial: An overly prescriptive and narrow curriculum is failing too many pupils at English schools

The legislative process in Britain consists of a series of discrete stages, each with its own purpose and function. A bill’s second reading is the discussion of, and vote on, the principle of the legislation. As Erskine May, the so-called bible of parliamentary procedure, puts it: “Its whole principle is…

Archer continues his rehabilitation from the latest setback in his right elbow

Lords report says there is too much learning by rote and many key Tory changes should be reversed

Archer continues his rehabilitation from the latest setback in his right elbow.

Jofra Archer has stepped up his recovery from injury by playing for his old school team in the Barbados Championship – without telling the ECB that he was doing so

Voter turnout gap between top and bottom earners growing since 60s, says IPPR thinktank

National Council for Civil Liberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for police to stop protests

Home Office ministers faced questions about the accuracy and safety of new migrant age assessment plans.

Report says lack of ‘intellectual diversity’ at senior level and too wide a range of priorities led to errors and fall in public confidence