Some under-25s should get less benefits, Milburn review to say

Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, chair of the joint intelligence committee, will take on the role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risks The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country. Prime minister Andy Burnham will announce the move on Thursday at Cop31, the UN climate summit, with the new role designed to advise the government on nati

A group of MPs wants the census to include more ethnicity options to allow people to define themselves as black English or Asian English.

There is a growing expectation among senior Labour figures that drilling in the oil field will be given the green light.

Exclusive: Equalities minister says Tories are ‘chasing Reform into the gutter’ as they drop support for planned law to ban ‘conversion therapy’ Kemi Badenoch has “no interest in supporting LGBT+ people” or promoting tolerance more widely, a government minister has said, after the Conservatives dropped support for a planned law to ban so-called “conversion therapy”. The comments by Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, come after the Tories removed their previous backing for a law targeti