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Letters: Healthwatch on the NHS and social care bill
The government claims the public's voice is at the centre of its reformed health and social care system (Report, 25 February), and Healthwatch will be the vehicle that enables this. Healthwatch will...
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Letter: Why MPs should stop whining
I was interested to read Adrian Yalland's strong defence of MPs (Letter, 25 February). I too work with MPs daily and agree with Adrian on many points – the hours are crippling, the time spent away from...
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Letters: Frederic – the unluckiest leapling of them all
Gavin Kelly is right that decent wages cannot on their own combat in-work poverty and that tax credits are still needed (Report, 17 February). However, he ignores child benefit, which avoids the...
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Real political change in Russia is unavoidable | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russia's presidential election next Sunday may return Putin to the Kremlin. But it is not business as usualWhile this year promises hotly contested battles for the presidencies of France and the US,...
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Russia will stand up to Putin, says jailed former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Opponent confident mass protests and demands for more open democracy will thwart Russian PM's attempts to remain in powerThe Arab spring has inspired Russians to stand up to Vladimir Putin, and...
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NHS chief: reforms are 'confused mess'
Coalition changes 'unneccesary', says Lord Crisp, former head of NHS who helped drive through Tony Blair's health reformsThe government's controversial health reforms are a "mess" and unnecessary,...
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John Bercow is changing the House of Commons. Credit to him | Jackie Ashley
Bercow will never be popular, but the Speaker's reforming zeal is slowly ridding parliament of its thuggish tendenciesLast week's brawl in the Commons bar, with head-butting, blood and broken glass,...
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Wind energy companies fear UK government's commitment is cooling
Wind power firms express concern over future policy and reveal how investment in the UK's energy infrastructure is on holdBillions of pounds' worth of investment in Britain's energy infrastructure is...
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Welfare to work project in crisis, Lib Dem minister warns Chris Grayling
Nick Harvey's leaked letter highlights concerns over funding and fears that private sector will 'cherry pick' charitiesA funding crisis has developed in the government's main welfare-to-work initiative...
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Our duty to Sri Lanka, and human rights | Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson
It is not just Sri Lanka's people that the UN Human Rights Council must serve this week, but the cause of international lawThis week the UN Human Rights Council has an opportunity and a duty to help...
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Starwatch: The March night sky
The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, are converging for a spectacular conjunction in our W evening sky, as the two smallest ones, Mercury and Mars, are also at their best for the year. Indeed,...
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David Cameron wants nothing less than Tory hegemony | Chris Rennard
Lib Dems should beware becoming part of a grand plan to secure permanent Conservative dominationThirteen years of opposition were especially painful for those Tories who formed their political opinions...
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Weatherwatch: Two dry winters mean growing threat of drought
Alarm bells are ringing about the growing threat of drought across much of England. Two dry winters in succession have left rivers, reservoirs and groundwater desperately low in many places, and the...
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HSBC poised to claw back bonuses after fine for misselling
UK's largest bank to publish packages for top eight, with CEO Stuart Gulliver expected to take home £12m in cash and sharesHSBC is expected to admit on Monday that bonuses handed out to top bankers...
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Downton Abbey and the politics of work | Joe Moran
Today's arguments about job snobs are strangely reminiscent of what used to be called the servant problemRonald Fraser, who died earlier this month, was an oral historian who, in his haunting book, In...
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Sun reveals Salmond's preferred referendum date as 18 October 2014
SNP leader criticised for friendly links with Rupert Murdoch as Sunday tabloid announces date for independence voteAlex Salmond's preferred date for the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 has...
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Bill or no bill, the NHS must undergo radical change
The director of the Nuffield Trust explains why it is crucial that all aspects of frontline care are carefully scrutinisedForget the bill. The biggest issue facing the NHS is the longest budget squeeze...
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Stem cell research reveals key role for bad breath
Japanese researchers find compound responsible for halitosis may help in development of valuable treatmentsThe compound responsible for bad breath may help speed the development of stem cells from...
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Childcare costs rise by nearly 6%
Daycare Trust survey finds working parents are spending up to £15,000 on childcare, while wages have risen by only 0.3%Working parents are spending up to £15,000 a year on childcare as costs rise and...
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Gove tells schools to think local in history lessons
Education secretary gives English Heritage £2.7m in programme to revamp the history curriculumSchools in England will be told to adopt a home town approach to learning how their localities fit into...
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