This week’s bookbencher is Sam Gyimah, the Conservative MP for Surrey East. Which book's on your bedside table at the moment? Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: a great historical novel, covering a fascinating period.   The personalities may change, but the human dynamics of politics are the same today as portrayed in the 16th century. Which book would you read to your children? I donR...

Ministers plan to rewrite the law in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their offspring after a marriage breaks down, The Telegraph can reveal.

Ministers plan to rewrite the law in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their offspring after a marriage breaks down, the Telegraph can reveal.

Labour attacks "extravagant" streetscape scheme. As the £25 million Exhibition Road streetscape scheme opened in South Kensington, North Kensington Labour Councillors criticised the Council's extravagant spending on a scheme aimed at tourists. A short bus ride away are four of the poorest areas in the country. In Golborne Ward, 51% of the children live in poverty, residents endure high ...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding the welfare debate in the House of Commons, said:

A discussion on the Better Nation Blog about proposals for the Scottish Parliament to make smacking children illegal reminded me of this poignant poem by Stan Kelly. It is about an abused child who is likely to grow up to become a replica of his abusive father, but his Ma' still loves him to bits because he is her baby. A fantastic poem, made into a fantastic song by Cilla Black: Oh you are a

Former Labour education secretary David Blunkett apologises after saying he did not believe children under 16 were taking courses in horse care at school.

Performance data for secondary schools was published last week, and there is an important difference between the latest figures and those that have been published in previous years. For the first time we are publishing separately the GCSE achievements of looked after children and children on free school meals at each and every school –

David Lammy says in today's Mail on Sunday: Many of my constituents came up to me after the riots and blamed the Labour Government, saying, “You guys stopped us being able to smack our children.” I suspect I know what he's referring to.

Researchers say half of children would perform better at GCSE by selecting a school other than that heading the ranking