Professor Dame Clare Gerada and Polly Neate will sit as non-party-political members of the unelected second chamber.

Lord Bracadale said he was resigning as he felt ‘many of the core participants have lost confidence in my conduct’.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the Government will bring forward a full Schools White Paper in the new year.

The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, has told her parole hearing that she believes she would be a risk to children in her care. Tracey Connelly was jailed at the Old Bailey in 2009 ...

Five men have appeared in court charged following disorder that broke out in west Dublin on Tuesday night. Tensions flared between Irish police and a crowd that had gathered outside the Citywest Hotel ...

A staff nurse told a tribunal that she was asked three times by Rose Henderson if she was getting changed from her work clothes.