Universal credit in danger of failing, official Whitehall review says
Major Projects Authority's performance report on 170 most expensive projects gives flagship scheme same 'amber-red' status as Crossrail and HS2 [...] Read more ...
Major Projects Authority's performance report on 170 most expensive projects gives flagship scheme same 'amber-red' status as Crossrail and HS2 [...] Read more ...
This book is equally important for what it says and for who is saying it. A decade ago, this prospectus would have seen its author branded “Red Sainsbury”. Now it is sensible and mainstream. Read more ...
A school criticised for its handling of a pupil's claim that she was raped twice by students could face closure after a report finds children remain unsafe. Read more ...
With marriage equality on its way, Labour MP Diana Johnson and Tom Stephens both write for PinkNews.co.uk on why ending gay-to-straight conversion therapy should be Parliament’s next priority. Read more ...
Britain's complicity in Syria is as reprehensible as London attack, George Galloway says. Read more ...
Leicester Tigers are Aviva Premiership champions after a 37-17 play-off final victory over Northampton Saints that was full of drama.Leicester skipper Toby Flood did not last the first half because [...] Read more ...
(Warning: long post). New figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show that, around the world, the 2007 – 10 recession tended [...] Read more ...
There are Tory heartlands and there is Shefford, a small town in the middle of Bedfordshire, in the middle of England, at the centre of one of the safest Conservative seats on the electoral map. “There’s a saying around here,” says a man outside Saint Michael and All Angels church (he did not want to be named). “If you painted a cockroach b [...] Read more ...
A Suffolk writer and photographer has documented a personal account of his friendship and work with legendary composer Benjamin Britten. Read more ...
Ministers have been warned that many of the Government’s flagship reforms including the universal credit welfare system, the High Speed rail two train link and the replacement of Britain’s aircraft carriers are "unachievable" or "in doubt". Read more ...
The Government is under pressure to outlaw “zero hours” contracts in which workers are put on standby without a guaranteed minimum amount of work or pay. Read more ...
A national coffee chain has confirmed plans to open a branch in a Suffolk town at the beginning of next month. Read more ...
Jonathan Freedland: Just as Anders Breivik's views on Islam did not deserve a hearing, Woolwich doesn't strengthen the left's case on foreign policy [...] Read more ...
Tighter security won't save us from more Woolwich-style attacks, but helping to protect those most at risk might, writes David Lammy [...] Read more ...
Host of stars including JLS, Bananrama and Misha B performing at the annual event [...] Read more ...
We've had a lot of horrible news this week, and inevitably that means a lot of tragedy tweeting. You know the sort of thing: something really bad happens — a… [...] Read more ...
Download a selection of some of the combative MP's greatest political rhetoric – including the classic Galloway v Paxman and Galloway v the US Senate [...] Read more ...
For political reasons, Jeremy Hunt has turned this whole issue into a crisis of primary care. The trouble is he has a real crisis in A&E that isn't going away - and the measures he is proposing won't solve it, as the advice from NHS England makes clear. In fact, by focusing his department's attention on the wrong target, he could make matters even [...] Read more ...
The rainbow flag will fly from the Cabinet Office during gay Pride week to show the government's commitment to same sex marriage. Read more ...
Firefighters and police were called to Acle this afternoon to help walkers who feared they were going to be attacked by a horse. Read more ...
Speaking at St Pauls church Bradford. Sat 25th May 2013. Read more ...
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The ability of the NHS to handle and respond to emergencies could be damaged by the Government's controversial health reforms, according to a draft version of the risk register. Read more ...
Christy Moore delivered Bob Dylan and banter in the Barclays Pavilion at Hay Festival 2013. Read more ...
