A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government’s schools building programme, saying she was “ashamed to be a Conservative”.

Teachers’ unions are branding the government’s relaunch of academies in England as a “failure”, with about 30 expected this term.

Teachers’ unions are branding the government’s relaunch of academies in England as a “failure”, with only about 30 expected this term.

Bright teenagers from poor homes should be admitted to university with worse A-level results than their middle-class peers, a Government minister has suggested.

Deputy Prime Minister becomes the most senior member of the Government to endorse introducing a post-graduate tax for university students.