The Conservatives oppose the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, describing measures within it as a ‘wrecking ball’.

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a north-west London church. Shots were fired in Gifford Road, Brent, at about 9.15pm ...