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  • The John Lewis logo on a store

    John Lewis profits triple to £126m but hopes for staff bonus dashed again

  • A female student raises her hand as a teacher gestures in a classroom

    Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds

    NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforce
  • An Uber-branded private hire vehicle in central Manchester on a sunny day

    Taxi firms crowdfund legal battle with Uber over VAT on fares in UK

    Minicab drivers say Uber’s bid to apply tax to all rides would put many out of business and leave people stranded

  • MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’

  • Nearly one in four Britons have witnessed shoplifting, study shows

  • Campaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parents

  • Decision not to classify Southport killer as a terrorist was right, says UK watchdog

  • ‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England

  • Police question Russian master of ship that hit tanker in North Sea

  • Jonathan Reynolds ‘corrects record’ for referring to himself as ex-solicitor

UK politics

  • Keir Starmer in a crowd of people

    ‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats

  • Liz Kendall leaving a cabinet meeting

    ‘There is no moral case’: Labour divided over prospect of benefit cuts

    • Keir Starmer could face biggest rebellion over disability benefit freeze

    • UK drops down list of affluent nations after decade of stagnation, NIESR finds

    • UK accuses Russia of driving its Moscow embassy towards closure

    • Trinidad and Tobago calls new UK visa requirement ‘disproportionate move’

    • UK politics: UK expels Russian diplomat and says Moscow is seeking closure of British embassy in city – as it happened

    • Top City watchdogs drop new diversity and inclusion rules for firms

Analysis and explainers

  • As many as 8.2 million people have work-limiting health conditions.

    Why Keir Starmer’s government is seeking to cut benefits bill

  • Tanker with blackened hole in side

    North Sea collision: foul play, technical fault or human error?

  • DVLA sign at a driving test centre

    As Starmer prepares to cut the number of quangos, what are they and what do they do?

  • a man stands at a lectern

    ‘Dog-whistle v fog horn’: why Rupert Lowe’s reach on X may not cut through

Culture

  • Egyptian mummies on display at the British Museum, London

    Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs

  • The front entrance of Manchester’s Royal Exchange theatre in the rain

    Review clearing Manchester’s Royal Exchange of censorship criticised

    A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songs
  • Paul Danan

    Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan died from cocktail of drugs, inquest told

    The 46-year-old reality TV star was found dead at his Bristol home in January

  • UK child sexual abuse survivors take standup comedy courses

  • King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs

  • Next James Bond should be British, says former 007 Pierce Brosnan

  • Hundreds of events mark five years since Covid-19 outbreak

Education

  • Five-storey building in fading light

    Dundee University faces ‘hammer blow’ amid plans to cut 635 jobs

  • Children brush their teeth in a classroom at a school in Bristol

    Toilet training and cutlery use key part of England’s ‘school-readiness skills list’

  • Arif Ahmed

    Stimulate debate on contentious topics, expert urges English universities

  • School pupils raising their hands in a classroom

    Boys widen gap over girls in maths and science in England, study reveals

Society

  • Amercine Maneely.

    Mental health charities struggling to cope with GP-referral influx

  • A close up of a methylphenidate pill on top of a medicine bottle.

    ADHD prescriptions in England have risen by 18% each year since pandemic

    • Volunteers inspect the wall at the Covid Memorial Wall in London

      ‘I don’t feel part of society’: how Covid is still taking its toll five years on

    • Health secretary Wes Streeting leaving Downing Street.

      NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures

    • Keir Starmer

      Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

Multimedia

  • Liz Kendall in Downing Street

    Labour loses its way on benefits reform – Politics Weekly UK

  • Reform UK's leader, Nigel Farage, holds his hands up as he talks into a microphone with LBC branding. Credit: PA/Stefan Rousseau

    Is Nigel Farage losing his grip on Reform UK? – podcast

    • Thermal camera captures collision between container ship and tanker in North Sea – video

    • Two skiers flipping in the air

      Moguls, Munch and a tiger evacuation: photos of the day – Wednesday

    • Drone footage shows cargo ship and oil tanker after North Sea collision – video

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