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Sam Lister, Health Editor, and Francis Elliott, Deputy Political Editor The row over Gordon Brown’s care plans for the elderly increased yesterday, forcing him to defend the policy against accusations that it risked causing...
It was Ed Balls' attempt at revenge for a series of attacks on exam standards. In the Commons yesterday, the Children's Secretary tried to fox his Tory shadow with GCSE science and maths questions. But Mr Balls may be...
Labour was accused of 'giving up' on Britain last night as Parliament was deserted of MPs while debating the last Queen's Speech before a general election. Only a tiny handful of Labour backbenchers were present to hear Schools...
First good news I’ve heard out of England in a while.. Evolution to be compulsory subject in primary schools Evolution will become a compulsory subject for study in all state primary schools, the Government announced today....
Greg Hurst, Education Editor Evolution will become a compulsory subject for study in all state primary schools, the Government announced today. Darwin’s theory of how life evolved through natural selection will be a legal...
Labour is finally inching in the direction it should have taken years ago, but even now Brown can't stop triangulating Queen's speeches always have a slightly comical, Ruritanian feel to them. But yesterday's spectacle of the...
More than half of white boys on free school meals do not attain Sats standard expected of them, figures show Boys from poor, white families performed worse in primary school tests than those from ethnic minorities for the first...
David Cameron has blamed laptop trouble after coming under fire during a live webchat on the Mumsnet website. The Tory leader posted about 16 answers during the hour-long chat but was criticised for taking too long. At one...
Prince Charles is wary of Ed Balls's curriculum reforms, says one of his advisers. Is he just being old-fashioned, or has he got a point You know what they say about history. It's just one thing after another. Well, perhaps so,...
Prince Charles was at odds with ministers today over plans to abolish history and geography lessons in schools. The Prince of Wales is said to be 'passionate' about protecting traditional lessons in British history and English...
