By advocating for an increase in online gambling levies – not to help close the yawning fiscal gap, but to pay for the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap – the former prime minister has suggested that the moral case for higher spending outweighs the need for fiscal responsibility, says John Rentoul Politics
The child who died in the school coach crash was a 10-year-old boy, Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed. Events
Police say the child who died after a school coach crashed near Minehead in Somerset on Thursday was a 10-year-old boy Events
The road where the accident happened will stay shut overnight. Events
Emergency services declared a major incident Events
Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance, police said. Events
The multi-academy trust said in an earlier statement: "We are working closely with the emergency services and relevant authorities following an incident this afternoon" Events
A major incident was declared in Minehead after a coach carrying more than 60 people flipped onto its roof Society
