The Tories announced plans to give parents of children with special educational needs more "choice" in support. This is part of the cuts agenda. It will snatch support from hundreds of thousands of children who need it.
Tory MP Patrick Mercer, chairman of a parliamentary group on security, got almost £10,000 from security firm Clearwater, it has been revealed.
The Olympic torch 70-day relay across Britain is being heralded as a moment for celebration.
Greece is in the bankers’ firing line. But ordinary workers are rejecting austerity.
There has been some gnashing of teeth in the City over news that executive bonuses may fall slightly this year. But they’ll still reach a predicted total of £2.3 billion.
More good news for MPs. After a "successful trial", all 650 members of parliament are to be given free iPads. The Commons has started a "rapid rollout" of the gadgets at a cost of up to £429,000.
The CIA claims it "foiled" an underwear bomb plot by seizing the bomb. But its pants are smouldering.
Police fired tasers at a man with Alzheimer’s—after they were called out to help take him to hospital.
Elderly People living in the poorest places get ill up to 15 years earlier than those in wealthy areas, a study shows.
Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) conference jeered in derision at health minister Andrew Lansley last week.
The Tories’ welfare reforms will kick half a million disabled people off benefits—according to the government’s own figures.
