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St. Dominic’s Sixth Form College based in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, has received an ‘Outstanding’ outcome in its first Ofsted inspection since April 2008.

Bristol-based support agency Your Way Bristol is celebrating being named an accredited Living Wage employer.

Professor Martin Marshall CBE has been appointed as the new chair of the Nuffield Trust health think tank.

Independent think tank, the Nuffield Trust, has warned that while remote GP consultations may be convenient for patients and doctors, they run the risk of vital diagnoses being missed and could result in higher GP workload and worsening health inequalities.

As the Conservative party’s leadership contest heats up, the National Care Forum [NCF] is calling on the contenders to put social care at the very centre of their policy agendas and to reaffirm their commitment to its reform.

Trade minister Penny Mordaunt has hit back at criticism of her credentials to become the next prime minister, suggesting rivals are attempting to prevent her getting to the final two since they do “not want to run against” her in the race for Conservative grassroots members’ votes.

Rail workers at the RMT union have said that they will strike again on July 27, while train drivers associated with the Aslef union will walk out on July 30.

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak once again secured the most votes in the second round of voting in the Tory leadership contest, with attorney general Suella Braverman the latest to drop out of contention.

The second round of voting in the Conservative leadership contest is now underway, after former chancellor Rishi Sunak emerged with the most votes from round one.

The airline Emirates has refused to comply with Heathrow Airport’s request to cut flights and stop selling summer tickets.

MPs voted to reject changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill after it was debated in the House of Commons on Wednesday as part of its committee stage.

Speaking in what could be his final Prime Minister’s Questions as UK premier, Boris Johnson told MPs that he would look back on his time in Number 10 with his “head held high.”

The Tory leadership contest’s first round of voting will begin on Wednesday, with the eight candidates who have made the ballot needing to secure a minimum of 30 votes to proceed to the next round.

The UK government has asked Supreme Court judges to throw out the Scottish government’s request for a ruling on whether or not it has the power to legally hold a second referendum on Scottish independence without Westminster’s consent.