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• Defence secretary says he hopes to deploy British troops to Ukraine - UK politics live February 22, 2026
  European leaders said in December that Europe was ready to lead a “multinational force” in Ukraine as part of a peace agreement proposalSearches are expected to continue today at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s previous home – Royal Lodge, in Windsor – as calls grow for a probe into the former prince’s links with Jeffrey Epstein.Lucy Hough speaks […]
  Yohannes Lowe
• Why is the Send system being overhauled – and what might change? February 22, 2026
  Labour expected to outline sweeping changes to special educational needs provision with council debt surgingLabour is due to reveal its plans to overhaul the special educational needs and disability (Send) system on Monday. But why are changes needed? And what changes are ministers likely to propose? Continue reading...
  Patrick Butler Social policy editor
• ‘Beyond worried’: the families waiting to hear how Send reform will change their lives February 22, 2026
  Already struggling to get help, families with children with special needs are concerned changes could make things worseAt the age of 12, May Race’s son Joseph spends almost all of his time in his bedroom, too anxious, burnt out and – she says – traumatised even to join his parents and older brother downstairs most […]
  Esther Addley
• Readers reply: what would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars? February 22, 2026
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts• This week’s question: what would happen to the world if computer said yes?I’ve always thought it would be good to acquire an old warehouse in every town throughout the land and […]
• Tories would scrap ‘debt trap’ of high interest student loans, says Kemi Badenoch February 22, 2026
  Education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests priority is grants for poorer students rather than cutting interestKemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high interest rates on student loans, piling pressure on Labour ministers to tackle the growing outrage over the high costs.The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, admitted the system of […]
  Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
• Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds February 22, 2026
  Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sportsFewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 in the UK read daily, according to research, which found reading for pleasure was being crowded out of teenage lives by schoolwork, screens and sports.While reading declines for both […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• Minister says children in England will get support more quickly under Send overhaul February 22, 2026
  Bridget Phillipson says government is ‘not taking away support’ as she prepares to announce changesUK politics live – latest updatesBridget Phillipson has pledged that under the government’s overhaul of the special educational needs system it will take weeks for children to get access to support, not months or years – as she prepares to announce […]
  Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
• Student debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich? | Gaby Hinsliff February 16, 2026
  Reform of this stealth tax is long overdue – and with it, a shake-up of the whole university systemNever go to war with Martin Lewis. The one iron law of politics is that the financial guru who built moneysavingexpert.com has a quasi-godlike status in Britain, the man millions trust with their cash in a way […]
  Gaby Hinsliff