The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Lord David Cameron is feeling “upbeat” after announcing that he had prostate cancer, Michael Gove has said.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the biggest national curriculum review for a decade

Experts say pupils should spend less time in exam halls and more time on activities like life skills, sport and work experience

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced by 10%.

In England, young children go from glitter clay and building dens to classrooms a Victorian would recognise – and that system is failing many of them, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Conservative peer and Spectator editor had challenged the Labour front bench over the decline in the number of teachers in state education.

Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine

British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee