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Ministers urged to suspend welfare-to-work contracts over fraud claims
Police visit offices of A4e, whose chair was appointed by David Cameron to help get troubled families into workMinisters have been urged to suspend welfare-to-work contracts with a company at the...
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Eleven treated in hospital after fatal French coach crash
Tests show driver was not under influence of drink or drugs when the coach flipped over near Reims, northern FranceEleven people remain in hospital in northern France after a coach crash involving 29...
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Pressure mounts on Cameron over NHS summit
Andy Burnham joins critics of PM's decision to invite only royal medical colleges and health practitioners who back reform plansDavid Cameron was accused of "playing a dangerous game of divide and...
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Len McCluskey: what do you want to ask the Unite general secretary?
He accused Ed Balls of grasping for 'discredited Blairism' over Labour's core values. So how does he see the party's politics?Outside the shadow cabinet there are few people more important in Labour...
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Yemenis prepare to vote Saleh out of office
Tuesday's elections, in which only the vice-president is standing, will mark the fourth leader ousted in the Arab springFor 33 years a portrait of Yemen's president hung above the gate of al-Nahrayn, a...
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Les Ebdon appointed England's university access tsar
Professor, who was backed by Vince Cable but opposed by Commons committee, is new director of Office for Fair AccessA professor who has divided the coalition over his views on the social mix of degree...
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NHS reform: competition improves hospitals, report finds
LSE report finds competition improves productivity but highlights danger of private sector 'cherry-picking'NHS hospitals that compete with each other become more efficient and save money, but making...
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Oil price hits eight-month high
Brent crude at $121.15 a barrel following news of Iran's oil export ban to UK and French companiesBrent crude hit its highest point in eight months on Monday as Iran halted exports to British and...
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Spring in the air with warmer weather forecast for UK
Met Office forecasts milder spell, but weather patterns show no sign of rainfall ending drought fearsBritons should prepare for birdsong, daffodils and other signs of spring by the end of the week,...
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Briton's trial over Kenya bomb plot is postponed
Evidence in trial of Jermaine Grant, from east London, has been sent to Britain for analysis, delaying the case until MayBriton Jermaine Grant, who has been charged with possessing explosives and...
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Ministry of Defence spent £290m on consultants last year
Exclusive: MoD criticised for failing to look in-house for technical expertise while pressing ahead with 60,000 job cutsThe Ministry of Defence spent £290m on specialist consultants last year while...
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Corrections and clarifications
Latvia vote on Russian | George Bingham photo• Latvians reject Russian as official language was amended to make clear that 75% of those who turned out to vote said they were against Russian as a...
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Getting round golden hellos
RBS's retail banking chief is sparing his employer's blushes and will leave for a new job before collecting the final, formidable, tranche of shares he was issued with on his arrival less than three...
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Fukushima manager dismisses fears that reactors are overheating again
Takeshi Takahashi says removing melted nuclear fuel will be difficult, but blames overheating fears on faulty thermometerThe manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan has conceded that...
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Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone prepare for London mayoral battle
Polls put former rivals neck and neck in what is being described as a two-horse raceBoris Johnson and Ken Livingstone last shared a platform late on the evening of 2 May 2008, when the newly elected...
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London mayoral elections: has Boris Johnson cashed in his quips?
While opinion polls are evenly split, Ken Livingstone is currently well ahead of his Tory rival in terms of indiscreet commentsAge UK is a fitting host of the first hustings of the London mayoral...
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EasyJet founder stokes hostilities with airline board ahead of AGM
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou accuses board of 'malicious acts' and 'dirty tricks' after lawyers sought details of voting agreementsThe easyJet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has further stoked...
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Greek relief over bailout fails to soothe anger from voters
Prime minister Lucas Papademos cites 'historic day' but other parties cite €130bn deal as delay tactic that does stop defaultGreeks reacted with relief, anger and fear to the news that their country...
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Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action
Andrew Lansley is accused of bullying staff who speak out against NHS reforms after senior doctor is told to attend hearingAndrew Lansley, the health secretary, has been accused of "bullying" NHS staff...
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Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu back on the radar at world indoors
• Chosen in 4x400m relay squad after two years in doldrums• Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah also picked for Istanbul next monthGreat Britain's squad for the World Indoor Championships was announced and...
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