Labour’s £5bn-a-year plan to recruit 6,500 additional teachers faces scrutiny as a report from the National Foundation for Educational Research highlights funding challenges, raising concerns over the feasibility of meeting targets with only £3bn expected through proposed VAT changes versus the anticipated need.

Millions of public sector workers, including teachers and civil servants, may be offered higher salaries in exchange for reduced pension benefits as a strategy to address staff shortages, with unions divided over the proposal amidst government discussions at early stages.

A tragic aviation disaster has resulted in 179 fatalities, marking the deadliest plane crash in the past five years, as devastated families and officials grapple with the aftermath.

Millions of households will soon have access to grants and cheap loans for installing solar panels and batteries, as part of a £6.6bn government initiative aimed at supporting the clean energy transition and reducing carbon emissions by 2030.