The Education Secretary has said parents must also do more to get children into class and behaving as the Government rolls out measures to support schools with attendance and behaviour.

Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi held talks at the opening of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been urged to scrap the two-child benefit cap by senior faith leaders, including the Church of England’s current top bishop. Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell ...