Former defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Nigel Farage’s actions, saying that no MP can visit the Chagos archipelago without pre-clearance and accusing him of performing Trump-style stunts

The education secretary said the government would ‘hope and expect’ its preferential tariff deal with the US to continue

The government will reform how schools get targeted disadvantage funding as part of an attempt to tackle the gap in achievement between pupils from poorer backgrounds compared with their more affluent peers