Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Policy Exchange

Smoking age will NOT rise above 18 as Tory ministers reject official recommendation

Smokers will be encouraged to switch their fags for free vapes as part of a new government scheme, but health experts say the plans don't go 'far enough'

Daily Mirror

Transgender guidance for schools to be published for summer term, says PM

A union said an established set of guidelines is needed so schools are no longer ‘caught in the crossfire between opposing views and beliefs’.

The Independent UK

Sunak promises guidelines for schools on issues of gender identity

Pledge comes after teachers call for clear guidance on ‘minefield’ of how to support trans pupils in England

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Many schools ‘routinely disregard’ safeguarding principles on gender identity

Some secondary schools are not informing parents as soon as a child questions their gender, a report by Policy Exchange suggests.

The Independent UK

What are the legal obstacles faced by the UK’s illegal migration bill?

Suella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law but experts say it faces many challenges

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong…

A dynamic fusion of ‘gentle density’ housing in green belt Croydon is the latest example of thoughtful, visionary housing design the government would do well to learn from

The Guardian - UK

Building 100,000 homes a year would 'pump more than £17billion' into economy

The former Tory Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis - who backed the report - said that since the 1970s 'we have consistently failed to deliver enough new housing'

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

Tory think tank backs UK blocking Scotland's gender reforms - but will they do it?

Will the UK Government really challenge Scotland's gender reform bill? Our political reporter looks at the viability of a Section 35 order

The National (Scotland)

Third of Britons think government has done ‘nothing’ well since 2019, poll shows

Polling indicates rising distrust as cost of living concerns wipe out success of ‘red meat’ policies

The Independent UK

Better design could reduce opposition to new housing, says Michael Gove

‘If places have no heart and soul, levelling up will falter’

The Independent UK

Better design could reduce public opposition to housing developments, says Gove

Michael Gove railed against ‘indifferent or insipid’ planning in a report calling for the establishment of a new urban design school.

The Independent UK

Labour's Wes Streeting says NHS is facing 'existential crisis' and needs reform

The Shadow Health Secretary also used a speech at the Policy Exchange think-tank to urge Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay to hold face-to-face talks with unions to avert further strike action from nurses at 'breaking point'

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove calls New York Times ‘useful idiots’ for Trojan horse podcast

Former education secretary for England says podcast ‘was replete with errors’ about controversy involving Birmingham schools

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Braverman’s secret meetings with ‘anti-woke’ MP flagged by officials before she quit

Civil servants say there was ‘significant disquiet’ over home secretary Suella Braverman’s dealings with Tory rightwinger John Hayes

The Guardian - UK

Has Liz Truss handed power over to the extreme neoliberal thinktanks?

The prime minister is in hock to rightwing lobbyists who are themselves indebted to oligarchs and corporations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Independent UK

Zahawi: Cost-of-living support needed into 2023 to ‘send clear message’ to Putin

The Chancellor said he has been working on options to support households and businesses for the incoming prime minister

The Independent UK

Health Secretary: We need to simplify NHS national priorities

Steve Barclay will say in a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank that managers should be helping frontline staff, not creating more paperwork.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay ‘to tell NHS to scrap targets and focus on key areas’

Mr Barclay is giving a speech at the Policy Exchange think tank on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Next PM urged to put families at the heart of policymaking plans

Children’s commissioner for England says investing in family is the single greatest investment you can make

The Guardian - UK

Government appoints anti-‘woke’ activist as V&A trustee

Rightwing commentator Zewditu Gebreyohanes is director of a group waging ‘politicised’ campaign against the National Trust

The Independent UK

Police leaders reject claim they are ‘more interested in being woke than solving crimes’

Falling charge rates ‘affected by austerity and the loss of thousands of police officers and staff’, chiefs say

The Guardian - UK

Police chiefs blame Tory cuts for fall in crime detection and charge rates

Senior officers rebuff claims police focusing on ‘woke’ causes and highlight ‘disconnected approach over the last 12 years’

Benzinga

Lord Finkelstein Tries Weed For The First Time: Does Smoking In A Legal State Make Him Ineligible For US Visa?

Lord Daniel Finkelstein, a British journalist and politician opened up about trying weed for the first time in a column

Daily Mirror

Top Tory Suella Braverman attacks the UK's 'rights culture created by Tony Blair'

The Attorney General also used her Policy Exchange speech to detail the legal obligations schools had to trans pupils. She insists teachers do not have to allow trans pupils to switch their uniforms.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

National Police Chiefs Council

23 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.