HS2 to be delayed by at least another two years, minister to announce

Transport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor management

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

Scathing review finds ‘significant shortcomings’ in force’s investigation of teenage motorcyclist’s death and how case was handled

Parliament votes on biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 years

Sources say party should have focused on the moral case for reforming the benefits system

Parliament was already moving towards more liberal abortion laws, but more women are being arrested or investigated for terminating pregnancies

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies

Experts warn that scrapping survey in favour of administrative records risked fragmented population data

The women launched the challenge against the universal credit system after being denied claims under the ‘rape clause’

Tory leader fails to find a sensitive side as she flails alongside parents and survivors of child abuse gangs