The government must ensure that energy firms pass on to customers multi-billion-pound savings made by installing "smart" meters, MPs say.

John Burnside wins the TS Eliot poetry prize, from which two poets controversially withdrew last month in protest at sponsorship by an investment firm.

The "Democracy Village" protest camp at Parliament Square in London is cleared by the police.

Emergency crews work through the night on the wreck of a stricken cruise ship, but say there is just a "glimmer of hope" for the 29 people still missing.

The state should help fund places for bright children from poor backgrounds at the best private schools, an education charity has said.

Changes to the admission code will allow a "back-door" expansion in grammar school places, claims Stephen Twigg.

Border staff turned back lone children who failed to claim asylum on arrival at UK ports, under a secret deal with France, it has emerged.

Education watchdog Ofsted wants to toughen the language of inspections in England - changing the "satisfactory" rating to "requires improvement".