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By politics.co.uk staff Michael Gove has scrapped a teaching standards council as part of his drive to reduce bureaucracy in the education system. The new education secretary announced the decision to the Commons during a debate on the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Justifying his decision Mr Gove cited the example of a recent decision by the… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The first trickle of British activists arrested on board the Turkish aid ships at the centre of an international crisis have finally begun returning to the UK. Israeli forces boarded the ships in a bid to prevent them breaking the blockade of Gaza on Monday, killing nine people on board and injuring… Read more »