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Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 was to talk more about the domestic issues that concern British voters. Donald Trump knocked that plan off course. US…

Education opens doors, and the expansion of higher education begun under New Labour means that millions of young people who would not previously have gone from…

After years of wrangling, from this week new rules shield children in the UK from junk food advertisements. Those featuring processed food and drink products in…

The outcomes for children who grow up in care are shocking. A vital part of the welfare state, which exists to promote the safety and wellbeing…

The late scientist and thinker Donald Braben argued that 20th-century breakthroughs arose from scientists being free to pursue bold ideas without pressure for quick results or…

Speaking in a parliamentary debate on the voluntary sector, not long after Labour’s huge election victory, the party’s former MP Jeff Rooker evoked the many ways…

Reading to children from a young age leads to greater happiness, educational success, empathy and social mobility – no wonder the government wants to encourage everyone…

During her tenure as director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan used to say that all of the “easy” antibiotics had already been found.…

During the cold war’s space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the need to prove American superiority. Having made that political and technological point…

The record-breaking 252mph winds of Hurricane Melissa that devastated Caribbean islands at the end of October were made five times more likely by the climate crisis.…