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Education
Arrested development
As more pupils join reception lacking motor, speech and hygiene skills, calls are growing for urgent action to avert an educational crisis, Rachel Sylvester reports
Mandelson scandal
The voice of reason
The prime minister failed to heed the advice of his national security advisor Jonathan Powell, and now he is paying the price. Starmer would be wise to keep him, Philip Collins writes
Mother’s Day
Poems for Mum
From Homer to Sylvia Plath, poets have been moved by parents and parenthood. Poet laureate Simon Armitage offers a selection of his favourite for Mother’s Day
The Oscars
Iran
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Catherine Neilan
UK to deploy mine-hunting systems in Gulf
James Tapper
Tehran warns UAE to evacuate major ports as Hormuz shipping crisis deepens
Isabel Coles
How Trump brought Netanyahu’s longtime dream of Iran’s destruction within reach
Ruth Michaelson
US urged to release evidence it was responsible for school strike
National
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Single market
Rachel Sylvester
Closer ties with EU become the ‘biggest prize’ for chancellor
Grenfell fire
John Simpson
Grenfell handprints wrecked despite government promise to families
Reproductive rights
Phoebe Davis
Women still investigated after vote to decriminalise abortion
Baird trial
Claudia Williams
