News Round-Up
22 April 2026
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Starmer claims he’s "lifting 500,000 children out of poverty". Just one problem, says Mary Gilleece: Gordon Brown already did that in 2010. It's as if Left-wing schemes don't address the true causes of human misery.
Even more censorship is on the way. The Government has announced plans to force AI chatbots to comply with malicious communications laws – and to give itself Orwellian powers to bring in further speech restrictions.
Special needs spending has swallowed up half of all new money for schools since 2015, much of it in affluent areas. The problem, says Dr Max Pemberton, is middle class parents who can't accept their child is average.
Why is a Green Party councillor taking her own grandchildren to give Valentine's cards to the asylum seekers housed in the local Crowborough army camp, wonders Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
Pupils will be allowed to change their gender at school, according to new guidance published by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson that critics have said encourages a "dangerous fairy tale".
Parents of children who identify as trans or non-binary have launched legal action against the Government in a bid to stop a controversial trial of puberty blocking drugs.
The fact that a psychologist and surgeon have been successfully sued in America for carrying out a double mastectomy on a 'trans' child ought to send panic through the entire child psychology industry, says Mary Gilleece.
The proposal to ban social media for under-16s just illuminates deeper problems in our society, says Joanna Gray. We've lost sight of how parents are supposed to take responsibility for how their children spend their time.
As the cost of taxis to transport special needs kids spirals amid exploding numbers entitled to state support and no control of costs, Britain is quietly bankrupting itself driving children to school, says Tim Briggs.
Sir Keir Starmer is ready to impose a social media ban on under-16s after dropping his opposition to Australia-style restrictions backed by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.