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Health and social care bill: in need of radical surgery | Editorial
Nick Clegg's proposed amendments do not safeguard the NHS against privatisationThe last time a proposition was put to the country with such a slippery argument, the Liberal Democrats made a defiant...
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Trident nuclear deterrent upgrade 'nonsensical', says liberal thinktank
CentreForum says £25bn plans are a costly and illogical decision for armed forces squeezed by budget cutsThe UK's plans to spend more than £25bn on a new nuclear deterrent are "nonsensical" and should...
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British Chambers of Commerce urges George Osborne to boost growth
British Chambers of Commerce warns that growth will weaken over the second quarter and sees unemployment rising this year The UK will avoid a double-dip recession but economic growth in 2012 will be...
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Tesco sets out to raise service standards and create 20,000 jobs
• Many of new posts will go to young job seekers • Tesco will revamp hundreds of stores and open new outletsTesco will on Monday announce plans to create 20,000 jobs over the next two years as it...
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Don't let us down on care funding reform, alliance tells Andrew Lansley
Groups representing millions of elderly and disabled people tell health secretary they will not stand for 'empty promises'Read the joint letter to the health secretaryPressure is being piled upon the...
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Russia: Putin's carousel arrives in town | Editorial
The battle to come will be less over Putin's re-election as president and more over the cheating that went onThere was never any question that Vladimir Putin would win a third term as president. An...
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In praise of … the Belfast smile | Editorial
Despite past history and present economic precariousness, Northern Ireland has emerged as UK's happiest cornerGlasgow kisses and Chelsea grins aren't nice things, and not long ago you'd have assumed...
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Trial of former prime minister of Iceland begins
Geir Haarde charged with negligence over failure to prevent collapse of Iceland's main bankIceland's former prime minister will appear in court to answer charges over his role in the 2008 financial...
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Climate change could make Canada's traditional ice hockey extinct
Milder winters with shorter ice season and unfrozen lakes could render much loved winter sport unplayable, study claimsA quintessentially Canadian winter tradition – outdoor ice hockey – could be...
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailing to be reviewed after Vladimir Putin victory
Imprisonment of oligarch on list of 32 cases queried by outgoing Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in possible overture to opponentsThe outgoing Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has extended an...
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Al-Qaida kill 25 Iraqi police officers
Gang kidnap and execute two police commanders and then attack two checkpoints before hoisting al-Qaida flag in HadithaA gang of gunmen wearing military-style uniforms has killed 25 police officers in a...
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US to outline legal backing for 'targeted kill' programme
Speech by attorney general to address use of lethal force against Americans overseas who are suspected of plotting terrorist attacksThe Obama administration is to outline how it says US laws empower...
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US tornadoes: toddler found in field dies after coming off life support
15-month-old Angel Babcock was found after storms killed her parents and two siblings and destroyed their mobile homeA toddler who was found in a field after tornadoes destroyed her home in the...
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Judgment due in Baby P father's libel case
Baby P's natural father will learn whether he has won his £130,000 libel claim against the People after it wrongly labelled him a child rapistThe natural father of Baby P is to learn the outcome of his...
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Australian Muslim women must show faces for identity checks under new law
Anyone wanting a document witnessed in New South Wales must remove face coverings such as burqas or niqabsMuslim women in the Australian state of New South Wales will be required to show their faces...
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Tate buys eight million Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds
The 10 tonnes of porcelain sunflower seeds are only a 10th of the number that covered the floor of Tate Modern's Turbine HallThe Tate has acquired approximately 8m individual sculptures, its largest...
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UK services growth slows but business confidence improves
Markit/Cips purchasing managers' index for services dropped to 53.8 from 56 in JanuaryGrowth in Britain's services industries slowed more than expected last month, but confidence among firms hit a...
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Clegg: too many teenage girls experience sexual violence
Deputy PM launches government TV ad campaign on sexual violence as he visits rape crisis centre in LondonNick Clegg has told a group of teenage girls that he finds it shocking that one-third of their...
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Abu Qatada: Theresa May arrives in Jordan for talks
Home secretary hopes to break deadlock over deportation of radical Islamist clericThe home secretary, Theresa May, has begun a three-day visit to Jordan in an attempt to break the deadlock over the...
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