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The Education Secretary pledged to break down the barriers to opportunity for each and every child’ as school reforms cleared the Commons.

Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70s

Although greater awareness of prejudice would suggest we are less bigoted than ever, empirical evidence indicates not

In Liverpool Riverside and Tottenham, two constituencies with black MPs and large black communities, Labour’s vote share dropped by more than 20 points at last year’s election. The Guardian spoke to voters there to find out what they have made of the party’s return to power

ANAS Sarwar has said Keir Starmer is being “grown-up” in deciding to hold talks with Italy’s hard-right government on migration.

Early day motion expresses alarm at data showing black people are disproportionately prosecuted under legislation

Exclusive: Energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh confirmed her department has assessed the impact the policy change will have on pensioners living in fuel poverty, but said only that it will be published ‘in due course’

Campaigners are warning the chancellor that any delay will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty

With parents going without meals to feed their children, and bills rising, residents and councillors talk of the problems they see every day