10 h. ago To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future | Polly Toynbee

Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everythingThey hunt high and low for Labour’s missing message, vision, purpose or identity. Well, here it is, where it always was, in the future of children. It’s what Labour does best, what it is for: building a society where children come first and everything else falls into place. The foundations have now been laid by Bridget Phillipson by finally bringing back Sure Start to England – the most successful achievement of the last Labour government – now rebranded as Best Start family hubs.It’s a pity about the new name, but young parents recognise “hubs”, whereas Sure Start is largely gone and forgotten. Its uprooting began the day Michael Gove arrived as education secretary in 2010. He entered the “Department for Children, Schools and Families” – a name chosen to reflect the awareness that children don’t learn without wraparound care for their w...

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54 h. ago F1 British GP live: Race start time and updates as Brits try to hunt down Max Verstappen at Silverstone

Follow live F1 coverage from Silverstone as Verstappen looks to beat the Brits after securing a surprise pole position

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54 h. ago British Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch race and weather forecast today

Max Verstappen takes dramatic pole position ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Silverstone

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69 h. ago Oliver Bearman 'angry' as rookie error ruins stellar British GP qualifying show

Silverstone fans should have seen four Brits start the British Grand Prix in the top 10 on Sunday, but Oliver Bearman sparked a huge grid penalty with 'a silly error'

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2 d. ago F1 British GP live: Race start time and qualifying results after Max Verstappen takes pole position at Silverstone

Follow live F1 reaction from Silverstone after Verstappen beat the Brits to pole position

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2 d. ago British Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch and weather forecast

Max Verstappen takes dramatic pole position ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Silverstone

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3 d. ago F1 British GP live: Qualifying results and race start time with Max Verstappen on pole at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers gor for pole in a gripping qualifying on Saturday

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3 d. ago F1 race start time: British GP 2025 schedule at Silverstone and how to watch

F1 heads to the home of British motorsport, Silverstone, for round 12 of the 2025 season

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3 d. ago F1 British GP live: Qualifying updates with Norris and Hamilton eyeing Silverstone pole

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers gor for pole in a gripping qualifying on Saturday

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3 d. ago F1 British GP live: Qualifying start time with Norris and Hamilton eyeing Silverstone pole

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers prepare for a gripping qualifying on Saturday

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3 d. ago F1 British GP live: FP3 updates and qualifying start time with Lando Norris fastest at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers squeeze in FP3 before a gripping qualifying on Saturday

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3 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: We've become an unserious country. We're rudderless, adrift in a sea of troubles rather than in command of our destiny. And our leaders are to blame.

By common consent, on the Left almost as much as on the Right, Keir Starmer has got off to the worst start ever of any incoming British Prime Minister.

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3 d. ago F1 British GP live: FP2 results and qualifying start time as Lando Norris fastest at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers build towards qualifying on Saturday

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4 d. ago F1 British GP live: Practice times and schedule as Hamilton starts strong at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers build towards qualifying on Saturday

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4 d. ago F1 British GP live: Practice times and schedule as Hamilton eyes strong start at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers build towards qualifying on Saturday

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4 d. ago F1 British GP live: Practice start time and schedule as Hamilton eyes strong start at Silverstone

Follow live F1 updates from Silverstone as the drivers build towards qualifying on Saturday

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4 d. ago Families are £1,700 worse off only one year on from Labour's loveless landslide

The Conservatives said Britons were suffering under the 'worst start to a government in living memory' - but warned there is more to come.

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4 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Draper crashes out against Cilic, Sinner v Vukic – live

Updates as the second round continues at SW19Email Daniel | Raducanu storms past VondrousovaNavarro isn’t messing around. Twelve minutes in, the 10th seed leads 3-0, and has hit only once unforced error.Pinnington Jones, looking like the 2002 champ Lleyton Hewitt with his backwards cap and diminutive frame, has begun his match too, but it’s been an inauspicious start. The Brit is broken in the opening game, to 30, after three successive errors: on the forehand, the backhand and then a double fault. Cobolli consolidates the break and it’s 2-0. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Draper in trouble against Cilic, Sinner v Vukic – live

Updates as the second round continues at SW19Email Daniel | Raducanu storms past VondrousovaNavarro isn’t messing around. Twelve minutes in, the 10th seed leads 3-0, and has hit only once unforced error.Pinnington Jones, looking like the 2002 champ Lleyton Hewitt with his backwards cap and diminutive frame, has begun his match too, but it’s been an inauspicious start. The Brit is broken in the opening game, to 30, after three successive errors: on the forehand, the backhand and then a double fault. Cobolli consolidates the break and it’s 2-0. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Draper in trouble against Cilic, Swiatek beats McNally – live

Updates as the second round continues at SW19Email Daniel | Raducanu storms past VondrousovaNavarro isn’t messing around. Twelve minutes in, the 10th seed leads 3-0, and has hit only once unforced error.Pinnington Jones, looking like the 2002 champ Lleyton Hewitt with his backwards cap and diminutive frame, has begun his match too, but it’s been an inauspicious start. The Brit is broken in the opening game, to 30, after three successive errors: on the forehand, the backhand and then a double fault. Cobolli consolidates the break and it’s 2-0. Continue reading...

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