UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

Higher returns for backers do not guarantee national prosperity. Public investment should develop domestic capabilities and meet urgent social needs Britain keeps selling its most valuable companies. The Financial Times calculates that 300 went to foreign buyers, mostly American, over the past decade. What if innovation were scaled up to serve social needs here rather than US investors’ profits? That is the provocation issued by the thinktank Common Wealth in a paper titled We Aren’t the Champio

Exclusive: Former health secretary says he wants to ‘tear up the old approach’, with under-25s to lose personal independence payments UK politics live – latest updates Young people with disabilities will lose their personal independence payments and will have to apply instead to a local fund for short-term expenses and equipment, Alan Milburn’s review will recommend. Under-25s will be barred from claiming Pip and the health element of universal credit and instead will get a new youth allowance p

South Derbyshire MP Samantha Niblett is campaigning for lifelong sex education.

This week, Kemi Badenoch roasted the prime minister at PMQs with gag after gag. But while the leader of the opposition looks feisty, are some Labour MPs also beginning to wonder if Andy Burnham has the substance to back his policy agenda? Plus, with the social media ban looking likely to include companies such as Vinted, deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains the government’s thinking Read Kiran’s article on jitters about Burnham’s 10-year plan here Read Jessica’s article on the social m