Michael Gove said a ‘yawning gap’ had formed between the attainment of poor children and their richer peers. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Inequality in Britain is so entrenched that “rich, thick kids” achieve more than their “poor, clever” peers even before they start school, the education secretary said today. Michael Gove told MPs on the cross-party [...]

David Cameron made the comments during his visit to Ankara, Turkey. Photograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPA David Cameron was embroiled in an angry diplomatic row with Israel tonight after describing the Gaza Strip as a prison camp for its 1.5 million Palestinian residents. The prime minister drew fire at home and in Israel for remarks he made [...]

Guardian.co.uk footage of Ian Tomlinson being violently knocked to the ground by a police officer during the G20 protests in London. Photograph: guardian.co.uk The police officer caught on video striking newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson during last year’s G20 protests in London faces disciplinary proceedings, the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, told MPs today. Tomlinson [...]

EU regulations were to blame for waste, says quango chief. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian The education secretary, Michael Gove, ignored advice to check an error-strewn list of cancelled school building projects before it was published, a quango chief claimed today. Tim Byles, chief executive of a quango responsible for an axed £55bn initiative [...]