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An extra 750,000 school places will be needed in England by 2025 to keep up with a population bulge, says an official forecast from the Department for Education. The pressure on creating new schools and extra classrooms will be one of the challenges for incoming Education Secretary Justine Greening. Schools will have faced 16 consecutive years of rising pupil numbers. ...

Sadiq Khan ordered a review of security in London today as he declared that the capital stood “united with Nice and France” after the “unspeakable act of terror” on the French city. Police, City Hall and other security experts will examine if new measures are needed in London following the Nice lorry attack carnage in which at least 84 people were killed. It ...

David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him. Mr Cameron will face his last Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons, before heading to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen. He told the Daily Telegraph: “As I leave today, I hope that people will see a stronger ...

Theresa May will make appointing a cabinet minister to take charge of Brexit one of her first tasks as she takes the keys to No 10. Britain’s new prime minister will swiftly begin drawing up her new top team and is expected to increase the number of women in government. Energy secretary Amber Rudd is expected to be given a ...

Theresa May is the new Conservative Party leader and will become the UK’s second female prime minister on Wednesday, taking charge at one of the most turbulent times in recent political history. The 59-year-old home secretary’s carefully cultivated image of political dependability and unflappability appears to have made her the right person at the right time as the fallout from ...

The Department for Education has refused to publish a report which said England’s smallest schools cannot afford to provide free school meals, according to a former policy adviser. Restaurateur John Vincent, former adviser on school food, told BBC’s Radio 4 the move was “undemocratic”. It comes after the government scrapped extra funding to help small schools with food costs earlier ...

Jeremy Corbyn’s allies seized on the news that Theresa May was set to become Prime Minister to declare that Labour does not want a summer leadership battle. Shortly after Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the Conservative Party leadership race, a source close to Corbyn said: “If May is installed, then this makes a Labour summer leadership campaign a luxury the party ...

11 July 2016   Sadiq Khan got off to a flying start as Mayor, a new poll reveals today. Three times as many Londoners believe he is doing well than badly – 45 per cent compared to 15 per cent, according to the YouGov survey, with 40 per cent “don’t know”. He has particularly impressed 18 to 24-year-olds, with 50 ...

Theresa May is “enormously honoured” to be the Prime Minister-in-waiting after Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the Conservative leadership race, Chris Grayling has said. Mrs May has yet to make a public statement following her rival’s sudden decision to quit, but Mr Grayling – the Home Secretary’s campaign manager – said she was ready to lead Britain forward following the Brexit vote. ...

Tory “big beasts” today rallied around leadership frontrunner Theresa May as having the experience needed to keep Britain safe. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon stressed her track record as Home Secretary, chairing the Whitehall Cobra emergency committee and being a member of the National Security Council. Asked if there would be risks if her leadership rival Andrea Leadsom became Prime Minister ...