We face a recruitment and retention emergency when even desirable schools can’t fill vacancies. This is what a crisis looks like, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

ministers should hold their nerve as it is not yet clear what the regulator, Ofwat, will propose

On Monday, Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf announced his resignation. What does this mean for the Scottish National party? Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks report

ministers accused of dragging NHS into ‘culture wars debate’ with proposal for patient rights update

Stephen Flynn has ruled himself out of the race to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s first minister. Mr Yousaf admitted “politics can be a brutal business” as he announced his resignation just four days after tearing up the powersharing agreem ...

Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader’s demise shows Westminster does not have the monopoly on chaos and ineptitude

John Swinney emerges as favourite to become leader of party hit by series of damaging crises

A Conservative MP made a tearful call in the House of Commons to support those who suffer from anxiety. People suffering from depression or anxiety could lose access to sickness benefits as part of the government’s major welfare reforms. The plans, ...

Rishi Sunak joked he had “seen enough Snickers bars for a while” after being surrounded by confectionary at a warehouse. The prime minister visited a DHL distribution centre at the London Gateway port in Essex on Monday 29 April, when he sa ...

Prime minister dismisses potential deal with Dublin, increasing prospect of an escalating UK-Irish crisis

The UK does not have a sicknote problem. It has a government-couldn’t-care-less problem, writes Zoe Williams

Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride appeared to suggest some people who were labelled as having “serious mental health conditions” were simply struggling with the “ups and downs of life” during a live interview on Monday (29 Ap ...

Rishi Sunak is “not interested in pursuing a deal with Ireland on returning asylum seekers to the UK. Downing Street has said the UK government has said it will not take back those who cross into Ireland until EU asylum rules change. The UK prim ...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the Scottish people are “being fundamentally let down” as he called for a general election to end the “chaos”. Humza Yousaf quit as Scottish first minister on Monday (29 April) in an emotional ...

Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, has resigned rather than face a no-confidence vote just days after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change

Humza Yousaf’s decision to resign as Scotland’s first minister is “bizarre”, Alba Party’s Ash Regan MSP hs said. Ms Regan told Sky News is “bizarre” Mr Yousaf has quit, rather than working with her and her party to ...

John Swinney has said that he is giving “very active consideration” to being SNP leader after Humza Yousaf announced his resignation on Monday, 29 April. The first minister’s statement came after days of political turmoil following his ...

Reichsbürger movement led by antisemitic pseudo-aristocrat driven by hatred for democracy, says minister

SNP and Scottish government go through second leadership crisis in less than 18 months

The SNP leader has left his role following the breakdown in powersharing between the SNP and Scottish Greens