Fears over student place shortage

Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.

Check on school places cheating

Schools Secretary Ed Balls has asked for an assessment of the problem of parents cheating to get school places.

Baby P council 'limited progress'

The council in the Baby P case has made only limited progress in improving children's social care, Ofsted inspectors say.

Call for 'urgent' asbestos audit

An urgent audit of asbestos in Britain's schools is needed because people are dying, the British Safety Council has said.