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Sir David Nicholson to step down as head of NHS after virulent campaign over Mid Staffordshire scandal

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14:04 GMT

The head of the NHS Sir David Nicholson is to step down from his role, it was announced today, following a sustained and sometimes virulent campaign to force his resignation over the Mid Staffordshire scandal.

Three former pupils complain of sex abuse by adults at school linked to late Cyril Smith MP

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:57 GMT

Three former pupils at a residential school linked to the late Sir Cyril Smith have complained they were sexually and physically abused by adults.

'Shocking example of incompetence' over stockpiled flu drug Tamiflu

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:06 GMT

Health officials spent £424 million stockpiling a flu drug that has divided experts over how effective it is, a public spending watchdog found.

£5bn price tag for Thames crossing planned to relieve QEII bridge

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:22:28 GMT

Options for a new River Thames road crossing include a scheme that would pass through "environmentally sensitive areas" and could cost as much £5 billion, the Government revealed today.

Jeremy Paxman reveals he has heard senior Tories calling activists 'swivel-eyed loons'

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:46:55 GMT

Another journalist has revealed that he has heard senior Tories describe activists as "swivel-eyed loons".

Rotherham council apologises over way it handled removal of children from Ukip foster parents

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:11:22 GMT

A council has apologised over the way it handled a decision to remove three Eastern European children from foster parents who were members of Ukip.

Gay marriage Bill: David Cameron offers civil partnership review and seeks to smooth relations with angry activists as Bill clears major hurdle

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:47 GMT

Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.

David Cameron offers civil partnership review and seeks to smooth relations with angry activists as gay marriage Bill clears major hurdle

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:47 GMT

Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.

Ground control to Major Tim: Tim Peake to be Britain's first official astronaut for 20 years with International Space Station mission

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:16:44 GMT

A British former helicopter pilot will be the country's first "home-grown" astronaut after he was confirmed as one of the crew to fly to the International Space Station (ISS).

Newark gas explosion: Second body recovered from destroyed house

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:09:56 GMT

A second body has been found in the rubble of a terraced house which was destroyed by a suspected gas blast.

Maria Stubbings case: Call for domestic violence inquiry after report finds murdered woman was 'failed' by police

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:47 GMT

The family of a woman murdered by a convicted killer has called for a public inquiry into the handling of domestic violence cases, following a second damning report into police failures over her death.

Work Programme 'is giving least help to worst off' and failing single parents

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:05:31 GMT

Private companies who win government contracts to help the jobless find work are “parking” some of the most disadvantaged people on benefits, MPs warn today.

Embattled G4S boss Nick Buckles to step down

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:22:05 GMT

The boss of security giant G4S is to stand down - just months after he came under fire for his company's botched handling of its Olympics Games contract.

Maria Stubbings case: Call for inquiry after murdered woman was 'failed' by police

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:46:47 GMT

Work Programme 'is giving least help to worst off'

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:44:31 GMT

Private companies who win government contracts to help the jobless find work are “parking” some of the most disadvantaged people on benefits, MPs warn today.

Survey finds two in three people oppose legal aid cuts

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:56 GMT

More than two-thirds of British people believe that the innocent will be convicted of crimes they did not commit if there are cuts to criminal legal aid, according to a poll.

The chasm that could swallow Cameron alive

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:54 GMT

High Tory disdain for the party’s grassroots isn’t that new. It’s a tradition going back at least as far as the over-quoted observation by Arthur Balfour – an old Etonian like his present day successor as Prime Minister – that he would rather consult his valet than the Conservative Party Conference. Whoever depicted activists – or didn’t – as “swivel-eyed loons” was arguably not going that much further, if changes in linguistic fashion over the century are allowed for. Which simply underlines the point that the row’s significance is about more than whether the remark was made, and its obvious unwisdom if it was. It goes to the heart of the currently dysfunctional three-way relationship between Tory leader, party and public.

David Cameron offers review of civil partnerships and seeks to smooth relations with angry activists as gay marriage Bill clears major hurdle

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:47 GMT

Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.

David Cameron offers review of civil partnerships as gay marriage Bill clears major hurdle

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:47 GMT

Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.

Andy McSmith's Diary: Send away the clown - Ukip sorry for 'unsuitable' councillor

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:19 GMT

Ukip has delivered a rare and fulsome apology over the behaviour of one of its members, who was elected this month to Worcestershire County Council.

Parents warned sharing bed with babies increases risk of cot death

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:02 GMT

Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children, research suggests.

Bad news for David Cameron as poll puts Ukip just two points behind Tories

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:34 GMT

Ukip has surged to just two points behind the Conservatives, according to a poll released last night.

Poll puts Ukip just two points behind Tories

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:34 GMT

Ukip has surged to just two points behind the Conservatives, according to a poll released last night.

Relief for David Cameron as plans to legalise gay marriage clear crucial parliamentary hurdle but civil partnerships may be axed

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:47 GMT

Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.

Abu Qatada denied bail over seized 'jihadist files'

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:20 GMT

The extremist cleric Abu Qatada lost his bid for freedom as judges denied him bail.