Poorer children disproportionately affected by austerity measures, says UN
UN committee calls on ministers to act as it says benefit cap and tax credit cuts are undermining children’s rights to adequate standard of living
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Minister tells schools to ignore high court ruling on term-time holidays
Nick Gibb says headteachers should continue applying rules that allow parents to be fined over unauthorised absences
Read moreStop HS2 and share the billions across the rail network instead
Letters: HS2 is not just a huge white elephant. It is the biggest threat to the public and private investment upgrades the rail network urgently needs to increase capacity and reduce overcrowding
Read more‘We had a dragon on top of the car’: readers on the 1975 Europe referendum
From heckling Shirley Williams to driving around Luton with a wooden dragon, Guardian readers share their memories
Read moreElliott Johnson searched internet for ways to kill himself, inquest hears
Political activist found dead on rail tracks also left three letters, one of which accuses former Tory aide Mark Clarke of bullying
Read moreUK councils are selling off public toilets. We need a loo coup
The dearth of public conveniences in a growing number of areas is unhealthy, uncivilised and unfair. It’s time to take direct action
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