National Savings and Investments' inflation-beating account angers banks
Government-backed body expects high demand, but is accused of distorting market by exploiting tax advantageBillions of pounds are expected to flood into the government-backed National Savings and...
View ArticleThis Tory attack on red tape will cause a clearout of good law
The Tories' seemingly innocuous, populist tilt at bureaucracy is a red-meat onslaught on essential, hard-won legislationHow short our memories are. Twelve months ago the country turfed Labour out of...
View ArticleMcCanns return to spotlight and vow the search for Madeleine must go on
Book launched to keep private investigation afloat as couple call on David Cameron to 'pick up phone' and seek reviewEaster Day marked the moment when Kate and Gerry McCann calculated that they had now...
View ArticleDenmark's populist border controls reintroduced but many remain sceptical
Many Danes are concerned that new legislation will be ineffective at fighting crime and will damage national reputationThe rightwing Danish People's Party (DPP) laid on a spread of bacon crisps and...
View ArticleMadeleine McCann case to receive help from Met
Kate McCann's open letter in the Sun asking David Cameron to step in prompted PM to contact Scotland YardScotland Yard has been ordered to review the disappearance of Madeleine McCann after the child's...
View ArticleEurope moves to end passport-free travel in migrant row
European interior ministers agree to 'radical revision' of Schengen amid fears of a flood of migrants from north AfricaEuropean nations moved to reverse decades of unfettered travel across the...
View ArticleDrug regime could halt spread of HIV
Study finds that early treatment with antiretrovirals can help prevent people from passing on virus to sexual partnersScientists have made a breakthrough which could slow the Aids epidemic after...
View ArticleFather's concern for journalist daughter believed to be in Iranian custody
Diplomatic efforts to communicate with al-Jazeera's Dorothy Parvaz after her deportation from SyriaThe father of a journalist who was deported to Iran by Syria and has been held there for nearly two...
View ArticleIVF multiple birth rate drops
Number of IVF twins and triplets falls in line with targets as women are encouraged to have only one embryo implantedBirth rates for IVF twins and triplets have begun to fall in line with government...
View ArticleThe media and the state: be careful what you wish for | Editorial
If the press would rather people used self-regulation than the courts then it has to make sure that the PCC is a credible regulatorParliament is currently, for the first time in 15 years, debating...
View ArticleAmnesty International hails WikiLeaks and Guardian as Arab spring 'catalysts'
The human rights group predicts a serious fightback from the forces of repression as it releases its annual reportThe world faces a watershed moment in human rights with tyrants and despots coming...
View ArticleImmigration team sent to detain woman was not told she was pregnant
Report by UK Border Agency chief inspector reveals immigration arrest team's failures to follow official policySenior immigration officials failed to tell a UK Border Agency (UKBA) "arrest team" that a...
View ArticlePublic service reform: A bungled police operation | Editorial
The voters do deserve more of a say over the reforms, but the checks and balances must be got rightRarely have two letters made such a big difference. By striking the e and r out of "commissioners" on...
View ArticleIn praise of … Peter Hyman | Editorial
Hyman does not support all aspects of free schools, but he is not retreating from the challenge of making one work"At least Thatcher was attempting to change things," Peter Hyman told the Guardian a...
View ArticleLetters: Civilian security the key to Afghanistan
You raise timely questions about Afghanistan's future from the perspective of Afghan civilians (Bin Laden is gone but will the west stay the course?, 11 May). Last year was the deadliest year for...
View ArticleLetters: Renewable energy's engineering challenge
At first reading, the Committee on Climate Change's renewable energy review (Report, 9 May) appears remarkably complimentary to the engineering community. It identifies the key deployment barriers to...
View ArticleLetters: Deactivating the BNP
David Edgar rightly suggests it is worth looking at Oldham, Burnley, and Bradford 10 years after the race riots to chart the demise of the British National party (In the decade since Oldham, the only...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
• A figure mentioned in an interview piece – saying that 40% of people with dementia receive a formal diagnosis – was wrongly attributed to the Department of Health. The figure actually comes from a...
View ArticleLetters: Railroading disability benefit cuts
Thank you for covering the Hardest Hit march (Disabled marchers turn out in thousands for benefits protests, 12 May). Months in the planning, it was hoped it would wake up those who are ignorant of...
View ArticleLetters: Red tape review threat to services
Local government ministers need to be clearer on their policy on councils' duties than Bob Neill MP (Letters, 10 May). Guardian journalists and readers have rightly been alarmed in recent weeks by the...
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