There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear.

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.