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On Wednesday morning, Beijingers living near Tiananmen Square were issued with cold breakfast packs and ordered to refrain from cooking, lest smoke from stoves cloud the…

Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing…

With the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political weather. The…

For years, rigid rules and a shocking failure rate in compulsory GCSE retakes have been one of the exam system’s dirty secrets. At last this dire…

Donald Trump’s attempt to sack the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, is the familiar authoritarian trick of bending institutions to serve the leader’s immediate ends. The…

The decision by Nottinghamshire council’s Reform UK leader, Mick Barton, to ban his councillors from speaking to the Nottingham Post is as absurd as it is troubling.…

Wednesday night brought a grim return to Russia’s form: one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began. Moscow eased off its…

The political conversation is becoming ever more focused on migration, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage determined to make small boat crossings and asylum seekers the…

Nigel Farage wants you to believe Britain could deport 288,000 people annually. That’s nearly 800 a day – 30 times the current rate of asylum-related returns.…

Once, it seemed that much of the world was intent on drastically cutting back on meat for health and environmental reasons. Vegetarian and vegan options appeared…