David Cameron: NHS can only be saved by reform
Prime minister admits in speech to NHS staff that government has not explained planned changes wellDavid Cameron has warned that the NHS will face a funding crisis without major changes and insisted...
View ArticleDominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest may not ensure a Sarkozy victory
Unpopular president can say bon voyage to the IMF chief's election chances but his own approval ratings remain abysmalWoken to the news that his greatest rival had been arrested on attempted rape...
View ArticleRaoul Moat accomplice to be jailed for impeding police manhunt
Judge tells Scott Raisbeck he will got to prison for perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goodsAnother member of the network which shielded gunman Raoul Moat during his week on the run...
View ArticleVictoria Station attackers: profiles of six convicted at Old Bailey
Sofyen Belamouadden's killers were teenagers studying at sixth form college and living with parents in south LondonObi Nwokeh, 18, born 8 September 1992, from south LondonConvicted of murderHe was...
View ArticleLibya: The general's reality check | Richard Norton-Taylor
It's not hard to fathom why the defence chief has shifted position on regime change in LibyaWhen David Cameron, egged on by an enthusiastic Nicolas Sarkozy, placed Britain in the vanguard of military...
View ArticleStrauss-Kahn sex charges likely to isolate IMF in debt crisis talks
IMF's situation 'like losing an experienced ship's captain while navigating uncharted waters', according to one analystWith Dominique Strauss-Kahn locked in a New York police station, the IMF is likely...
View ArticleWho are IMF potential successors to Dominique Strauss-Khan?
With the IMF chief's possible exit, Gordon Brown is among number of potential candidates thought to be in line for the jobDominique Strauss-Kahn's possible exit from the IMF was already under...
View ArticleAngus McBride calls privacy laws campaign 'misleading and self-interested'
Leading criminal defence lawyer says media has not 'earned the right to unfettered freedom of expression'One of the country's leading criminal defence lawyers has accused sections of the media of...
View ArticleSteve Bell on David Cameron's NHS reforms speech - cartoon
Prime minister tells staff at Ealing hospital he loves the NHS and admits government has not explained planned changes wellSteve Bell
View Article'Queen of Shops' brought in to help save UK high street
David Cameron asks Mary Portas to reverse retail sector fortunes, end 'clone towns' and boost small tradersShe is television's "Queen of Shops" and known for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach....
View ArticleUK border agency 'no grip' on people with expired visas
Report from MPs says agency has not done enough to ensure those with visas which expired in December 2008 have leftThe UK Border Agency has not done enough to ensure that an estimated 181,000 migrant...
View ArticleTrevor McDonald to receive Academy Fellowship at Television Baftas
Former ITV News At Ten anchor will join list of previous recipients, including Lord Bragg and Richard CurtisSir Trevor McDonald – the face of ITV news for many years – is to be honoured at the TV...
View ArticleSticking the knife into David Laws | Simon Hoggart
Seven days' suspension or 'bunk off work for a week and let that be a lesson to you'The Commons dealt with David Laws on Monday. A year after his resignation as Treasury chief secretary, the committee...
View ArticleIn praise of … the people's port | Editorial
In Dover, a Tory MP and the Unite union are working together to fight the sell-off of the port originally proposed by the last Labour governmentPolitics can produce odd bedfellows. In Dover, a Tory MP...
View ArticleHealth reforms: Love but not logic | Editorial
The decision to press pause was right but, unless a stronger argument is found, it will be time to press stop and start afreshSix weeks after pressing the pause button on health reform, David Cameron...
View ArticleLibya: Caught in a vice | Editorial
Airstrikes and arrest warrants may suggest the jaws are closing around Gaddafi - but they could just as easily be losing their gripIf a vice is indeed closing in around Muammar Gaddafi, as General Sir...
View ArticleLetters: Fathers need family rights as well
Your report on the modern workplaces consultation (Cable launches drive to revamp parents' flexible working hours, 16 May) focuses on the concerns of employers over the impact of the proposals on small...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
• An article about illegal news-gathering at the News of the World contained this sentence regarding the tapping of Rebekah Brooks's telephone during her time as editor of the Sun (2003-2009): "The...
View ArticleResponse: It's wrong to dismiss the influence of this Bengali poet
Rabindranath Tagore is not an outdated eastern mystic. His legacy is still relevantThe column by Ian Jack criticised Rabindranath Tagore but failed to address whether these criticisms are valid...
View ArticleLetters: The problem with Englishness
Simon Jenkins (It's time for England's first empire to get independence, 11 May) is correct to argue the benefits to both Scotland and England that a break-up of the UK would bring. However, some...
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