Long read, Politics

Kim Leadbeater MP

Sport-mad MP Kim Leadbeater, who entered politics after the murder of her sister Jo Cox, tells Jessica Hill she...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics

DWP questions January 2026: live blog

Live updates from ministers taking questions in Parliament

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Politics

Education questions January 2026: Live blog

Follow live updates as Bridget Phillipson and her education ministers take questions from MPs in the House of Commons

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Awarding, Politics

New peer and former City and Guilds chair admits wrongly claiming PhD

Dame Ann Limb has been awarded several honorary doctorates but has not completed a full PhD

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Politics

Reeves puts the ‘squeeze’ on big employers with budget levy tweaks 

Chancellor warned that trio of reforms 'risks dampening appetite among levy-paying organisations already dealing with rising hiring, pension and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

A budget that backs FE, delivered by a government that can’t stop undermining itself

Today’s budget offers long-overdue wins for skills and apprenticeships, but the constant leaks, U-turns and mixed messages are throttling...

Jessica Hill
Erika Marshall
Politics

FE is no longer Cinderella, it’s the government’s Fairy Godmother

The post-16 white paper shows that even fairy dust can’t hide the lack of a clear purpose behind yet...

Jessica Hill
Holly Papworth
Apprenticeships, Politics

Badenoch: I’ll double apprenticeships budget by slashing uni degrees

Leader of the opposition would reintroduce student number controls for 'poor quality' uni courses to fund apprenticeship boost

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

Starmer swerves a deadline for headline ‘two-thirds’ target

'If there’s no date for people to work towards, then it’s just a vague aspiration', says ex-SpAd

Billy Camden
Billy Camden