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Tax credits cut will hit those the Tories love to praise – working families |...
The government is hurting those trying to stay off the dole, while filling workplaces with free staff. Voters should be shockedWith a gnashing of teeth, the employment minister Chris Grayling backed...
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Letters: A nudge alone won't end tax avoidance
The notion that bankers will be shamed by the latest revelations about Barclays' tax avoidance plans is for the birds (The best medicine for cosy elites? A dose of shame, 28 February). "Nudge" theory...
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Letters: Unwanted migrants
Mavis Cheek points out (Country life is not a bed of roses, warns campaign, 29 February) that "scratch many countryside dwellers and you find a sexist, racist homophobe". As a lifelong peasant, I find...
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Letters: The press, the police and murky relationships that undermine justice
I am sure many readers will be thankful that the murky activities of News International and the internecine relationships between police officers and journalists have been questioned, including, of...
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Letters: Jenny Tonge, the Lib Dems and Israel
Nick Clegg was absolutely correct to demand that my colleague in the House of Lords, Baroness Tonge, should apologise for her illiberal remarks or have her Liberal Democrat whip removed (Lib Dem peer...
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Letters: End the Afghan war
Two days ago, I received a 13-day prison sentence for my role in a 2009 protest outside Britain's military nerve centre in Northwood against the bombing of Afghanistan. When I was in Afghanistan...
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Portsmouth back on brink as extent of club's mishandling is laid bare | David...
Passed on from one owner to another, Portsmouth have run up £100m in debt without developing their infrastructurePortsmouth's administrator, Trevor Birch, evidently feels his gloomy message from...
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Letters: A striking image for the Olympics
As a senior researcher at the London-based Foreign Policy Centre from 2005 to 2007 I was involved in early exploratory discussions at the Foreign Office on the promotional or "public diplomacy"...
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Titanic drama will be Downton-on-Sea
Julian Fellowes' four-part mini-series looks at the intertwined fates of the different classes on board the doomed ocean linerIt has upper-class ladies aghast at the behaviour of commoners,...
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Lady Gaga launches foundation to 'challenge meanness'
Singer launches Born This Way foundation with Oprah Winfrey, self-help guru Deepak Chopra and politician Kathleen SebeliusLady Gaga has descended on Harvard University to launch her foundation aimed at...
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Is there any governance at News International?
There is something very odd about the corporate arrangements of the holding company for the Times, the Sun – and now the Sun on Sunday, says Rob TaylorSomething struck me as very odd when I read the...
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Railway engineering: the nuts and bolts of hidden beauty | Sarah Bakewell
From Network Rail to the National Gallery, a world of dazzling creativity eludes our attentionOnce I saw merely bridges, tunnels and stations, and mostly I didn't even notice these, so busy was I...
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England want to appoint new head coach by the end of the month
• Chief executive Ian Ritchie wants quick recruitment• Stuart Lancaster the clear favourite for full-time roleAfter seven years in charge at the All England Club, Ian Ritchie understands the value of a...
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Steven Gerrard may delay England retirement plan, says Kenny Dalglish
• Prospect of 100 caps may affect Liverpool captain's timing• Manager does not blame Stuart Pearce for midfielder's injuryKenny Dalglish has said Steven Gerrard could reach 100 England caps, as the...
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Engelbert Humperdinck rides to Britain's rescue at Eurovision
The veteran crooner from Leicester is hoping to beat the curse of 'nul points'It is 15 years since the UK last won Eurovision but the BBC will turn the clock back rather further than that in its bid to...
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Bob Geldof urges financiers to invest in Africa
Former Boomtown Rat makes case for private equity as 'major vehicle for positive change in this world'Bob Geldof, once the unlikeliest face of capitalism, has extolled the virtues of private equity for...
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Russian opposition readying for protests after presidential election
Moscow calls in quarter of country's riot police for planned protests over contentious ballot Vladimir Putin is expected to winPolitical tensions have reached fever pitch in Moscow as Russians get...
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Eric Joyce to stand down at next general election
MP, branded 'unfit to stand for Labour' by party's Scottish leader, has said he will not resign Falkirk seat before next electionAn MP suspended from the Labour party after being charged with assault...
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Boy's polar bear death 'preventable' but tour leaders will not face prosecution
Norwegian inquiry concludes more could have been done to prevent attack in which Horatio Chapple was mauled to deathA tragedy in which an Eton schoolboy was mauled and killed by a polar bear on an...
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Former BBC presenter jailed for sexual abuse of schoolgirls
Peter Rowell, 53, given six years for a string of sexual assaults on girls aged 13 to 16 during the late 1980s and early 1990sA television and radio presenter has been jailed for six years after...
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