'Constant battles' needed for decent home care
A good home care service is often only provided after complaints from relatives, according to consumer organisation Which?
View ArticleBudget 2012 decision time over 50p rate
Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders in the coalition are negotiating the fate of the 50p top rate of income tax ahead of next week's Budget.
View ArticleLabour Pledge 'Job Guarantee' For Under-25s
Young people out of work for a long time should be guaranteed a job but stripped of their benefits if they reject the chance, Ed Miliband has said.
View ArticleCameron criticised over Fox probe
David Cameron has come in for fresh criticism over the investigation into former defence secretary Liam Fox's working relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
View ArticleBritain to keep carbon limit high enough for gas plants
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy minister promised on Saturday to keep the limit on power plants' carbon emissions high enough until 2045 to ensure that modern gas-fired stations can continue to...
View ArticlePolice probe Parliament 'break-in'
An investigation is under way into an alleged break-in at the Houses of Parliament.
View ArticleCameron Rapped Again Over Liam Fox Inquiry
David Cameron has come in for fresh criticism over the investigation into former defence secretary Liam Fox's working relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
View ArticlePolice Investigate 'Miliband Office Break-In'
Police are investigating an alleged break-in at the offices of Labour leader Ed Miliband in the Houses of Parliament.
View ArticleOsborne to tax avoiders: We're coming after you
This week's Budget will contain aggressive measures against those avoiding stamp duty, the chancellor said this morning.
View ArticleRevenge: Doctors vow electoral punishment for NHS reform
Vulnerable Tory and Liberal Democrat seats will be targeted by GPs at the next election in a bid to punish those who helped the NHS reforms onto the statute book.
View ArticleThe battle for the Archbishop: Tories demand traditional candidate
Tory backbenchers are demanding a traditionalist figure to replace Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury, amid growing anger about gay marriage.
View ArticleNHS doctors plan election challenge
A group of NHS doctors plan to field candidates against high-profile coalition MPs at the next general election in protest at controversial Government health reforms.
View ArticleDocs To Oppose Coalition MPs In Next Election
A group of doctors plan to field candidates against high-profile coalition MPs at the next general election in protest at controversial health reforms.
View ArticleRoads may be run by private firms
England's major roads could be run by private firms in a deal compared to the sell-off of the water industry under plans to boost infrastructure spending being set out by David Cameron.
View ArticleGovernment to consider privatising roads
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to examine the potential for privatising parts of its road network as it looks at ways of upgrading the nation's infrastructure, Prime Minister David Cameron will say on...
View ArticlePM wants green light for road privatisation
Sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and private investors could take control of the country's main roads under plans to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in his pre-budget speech on Monday.
View ArticlePromoting the sustainable development agenda
Baroness Tonge argues that the human population must be put at 'the core of the sustainable development agenda', ahead of the Rio+20 UN conference.
View ArticlePM sees private sector salvation for UK's roads
Britain's road network will be opened up to investment from the private sector, David Cameron will announce later.
View ArticleMPs to face new drinking rules
MPs will be subject to new rules on the consumption of alcohol in parliament, after Eric Joyce was found guilty of a drunken assault.
View ArticleCut in aid budget proposed to help defend Falklands
Britain would be better able to defend the Falklands if it cuts its aid budget to countries such as India, a former Sea Lord has said.
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