Foreign secretary says Britain’s position on export licences is ‘unchanged’ after reviewing latest legal advice Middle East crisis – live updates David Cameron has confirmed the UK government will not suspend arms exports to Israel after the killing of seven aid workers in an airstrike on Gaza last week, as […]

MP will now sit as independent after admitting passing details to someone he met on dating app William Wragg has resigned the Conservative party whip days after admitting to giving out colleagues’ personal phone numbers to someone he had met on a dating app. Wragg, who represents Hazel Grove, will […]

Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions Veterans of the last Labour government have called on Keir Starmer to put a new Sure Start-style programme at the heart of his election manifesto after research showed its transformational impact on poor children. Gordon […]

Foreign secretary’s intervention comes as pressure grows on ministers to reveal legal advice over Gaza conflict David Cameron will set out the UK’s reasoning for continuing to export arms to Israel on Tuesday as ministers face ongoing pressure to disclose the official legal advice on the trade. The foreign secretary […]

If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El Niño-related hangover rather than a symptom of worse-than-expected planetary health. Global surface […]