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Rishi Sunak is shaking up the post-16 education system — but it might not be implemented for almost another decade

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the project.

In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s one that risks ending a fragile cross-party consensus on net zero and turning the…

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions on the fallout from the Conservative Party conference

At a chaotic conference, Suella Braverman wasn’t just preparing for a general election, but a leadership battle, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The party conference speech is traditionally an important moment for political leaders. It enables them to set the agenda, rally the core membership and supporters around key themes, and speak to the wider audience of electors.

Verdict from overseas will probably range from hilarity to derision as second northern leg is scrapped

The mayor of Greater Manchester said he and others would now work to salvage the plans to make them work for his and other regions.

Railway consultant William Barter described the decision as ‘ludicrous’ and an act of ‘spite’.

Railway consultant William Barter described the decision as ‘ludicrous’ and an act of ‘spite’.

PM dresses up HS2 cancellation as fresh start as he attempts to portray himself as candidate for change