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Early-years education can determine a child’s future – which is why a Labour government must make it a priority, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer has praised the former prime minister, while Rachel Reeves promises to follow the chancellor’s public spending plans. What does that tell us about what the next government will look like?

Exclusive: One mother says she will soon be forced to drive 60 miles a day for childcare due to lack of services in her area

City Voices: The Chancellor should be listening to tech startups, university spinouts, researchers, and graduates from across the tech sector to identify areas where there is a funding shortfall

Before having our first baby last year, we wondered whether we had the money, time and necessary skills to raise a child. Perhaps you find yourself contemplating the same? Many people certainly have, as birth rates have been declining across the world for the past 200 years.

One women shave her hair off as she couldn’t afford the energy to wash it, a report from National Energy Action has said

STEPHEN Flynn has openly mocked the Westminster system after a four-month probe into alleged misuse of parliamentary stationery saw the complaint…

Chancellor rules out the prospect of the UK returning to its aid-spending target until it's 'affordable to do so'

The commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid was broken in 2021 due to the impact of the pandemic on the public finances.