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

The making of the government’s most controversial minister

Cambridge University has criticised the government’s plan to scrap the current system of A-levels in a letter to Michael Gove, the education secretary.

Cutting funding to education quangos could save the government more than £500 million a year, a report has claimed.

Packed lunches filled with junk food by parents should be banned, the government body in charge of healthy eating has said.