The Latest Breaking News from Bridget Phillipson

Donna Stevens, chief executive of the Girls’ Schools Association, has called Labour’s private school policy a ‘step backwards for equality’.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been accused of crossing a line by stating his opposition to the assisted dying proposals.

Bridget Phillipson and Louise Haigh are the latest in Sir Keir Starmer’s top team to indicate how they will vote next week.

Prime minister says he wants to ‘be clear about issues we do not agree on’ after meeting Chinese president Xi Jinping at G20

PM confirms he will vote on bill but stresses importance of government neutrality before free vote

The move comes as Donald Trump claims he can end the Ukraine conflict in a day

Government says reforms will end ‘neglect’ in system that leaves young people behind

The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.

It’s hard to pinpoint the most egregious side effects of Rachel Reeves’s Budget so far, with its blizzard of bizarre policies fraught with unpleasant unintended consequences. Who do they most want to hurt? Business owners, farmers and parents who have the cheek to want the best education for their children…

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson responded by saying there is more employers can do and more the Government can do to support survivors.

The equalities minister said the Government would ‘make sure that providers can continue to support single-sex exemptions’.