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Budget 2011: Cut fuel duty or save a local library?
By giving a tax cut on petrol George Osborne concedes there was, in fact, an alternativeGeorge Osborne was clear about the headline he wanted from this budget – so clear, in fact, that he wrote it...
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Budget 2011: Sandwich will lose more than its jobs when Pfizer closes
For the economy of Sandwich, in Kent, George Osborne's budget brings little hope for when Pfizer closes, its 2,400 jobs are lost – and its scientists leave"We want the words 'Made in Britain', 'Created...
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Budget 2011: Why George Osborne can afford to stick to his masterplan |...
Chancellor's successful argument for fixed-term parliament means he can stick to his course even as public spending is cutThe budget would not have been possible but for a piece of legislation being...
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Budget 2011: Forget the cuts, just fill up your petrol tanks
George Osborne bowed to growing concern with instant 1p fuel duty cut for 'Ford Focus' voters and tax raids on banksGeorge Osborne has bowed to growing concern over the biggest squeeze in living...
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Portuguese prime minister resigns over austerity measures
• EU bailout closer after José Sócrates loses crucial vote• Political limbo will put pressure on Portuguese bondsPortuguese prime minister José Sócrates has said he has submitted his resignation to the...
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There's nothing moral about Nato's intervention in Libya | Seumas Milne
The attacks on Libya risk a bloody stalemate and are a threat to the region. The alternative has to be a negotiated settlementIt's as if it's a habit they can't kick. Once again US, British and other...
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The budget: Small change | Editorial
George Osborne's budget is less a plan for growth than a plan that hopes for growthChancellors like their budgets to have themes, stories that inform the media commentary and that the opposition have...
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Woman pilot in Libya combat mission
First woman believed to be flying RAF's new Typhoon fighterThe team of UK pilots flying fast jets over Libya includes a woman who is understood to be the first to undertake combat missions in the RAF's...
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Ofcom clears Iranian TV station over woman's murder reconstruction
State-run Press TV showed Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani describing her alleged role in her husband's deathOfcom has ruled that Iran's state-run Press TV station, which has offices in London, did not...
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US soldier admits killing unarmed Afghans for sport
Jeremy Morlock, 23, tells US military court he was part of a 'kill team' that faked combat situations to murder Afghan civiliansAn American soldier has pleaded guilty to being part of a "kill team" who...
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Syrian regime launches crackdown by shooting 15 activists dead
Some were killed when security forces opened fire on protesters surrounding the Omari mosque; others were shot at a funeralViolence escalated in the southern Syrian city of Deraa as protests entered a...
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Gulf in standards of patient care is too wide, GP practices told
Report commissioned by King's Fund thinktank says GPs need to speed up referrals of patients with suspected stomach or oesophageal cancerMany family doctors need to speed up the referral of seriously...
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Ministers and judges: contempt of courts | Editorial
Ministers should never shirk their own legal duty so they can attack the judges for setting out law that is politically unpalatable to themThe foreign prisoners' row of April 2006 was one of the low...
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In praise of ... Elizabeth Taylor | Editorial
For Dame Liz, as for the bard, life was but a stageDivorced, remarried, died and survived. It is an achievement of sorts for a woman to be able to lay claim to the sort of spousal mnemonic associated...
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MoD 'wastes millions' on under-18s who drop out
Campaigners say about £46m was spent last year on training youngsters who later left the armed forcesThe Ministry of Defence is wasting tens of millions of pounds on recruiting "child soldiers" who are...
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Weatherwatch: When kites helped to measure the weather
March winds are ideal for kite flying, not just for fun but also for meteorological purposes. The first experiments with kites were carried out in Glasgow in 1749, when two students used them to...
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Corrections and clarifications
• We incorrectly stated that the Limehouse declaration, which signalled the birth of the SDP, was made "30 years ago today" in a leader on 22 March. It was in this week 30 years ago that the SDP was...
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Letters: Breaking up may be best for Libya
Why should Libya not break back into Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and a desert polity of some sort (Libya battleground, 23 March)? It is just another artificial concoction, put together by the colonial...
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Letters: Students, refugees and the immigration card
The government needs a proper debate on immigration rather than rush into major policy changes (Report, 23 March). Its decision to provide a fast-tracked citizenship route for the super-rich, while...
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Letters: Budget food
You report "disappointing" borrowing figures for February (Report, 23 March) and sympathise with the chancellor's budget dilemma. Net borrowing now stands at £875bn which is supposed to make Osborne's...
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