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Ashcroft snubs select committee

Lord Ashcroft has been accused of "terrible discourtesy" for failing to respond to an inquiry into the controversial circumstances surrounding his peerage.Read

Deaths spark 'legal high' warnings

Police investigating the deaths of two teenagers believed to have taken the legal drug mephedrone issued further warnings after a man was arrested in a separate incident.Read

Brown 'acting in union interest'

Tory leader David Cameron has accused the Prime Minister of acting not in the national interest but in the "union interest" over the BA strike.Read

Arrests over Pakistan kidnap boy

Three people have been arrested in Spain in connection with the kidnap of a five-year-old boy in Pakistan, it has been reported.Read

Arrest over 'poisoned school soup'

Police investigating a kitchen porter accused of poisoning soup at a top public school said there was no apparent grudge or grievance that would suggest a motive for the act.Read

BA 'rushes through strike breakers'

British Airways cabin crew leaders have called on the Government to launch an urgent investigation into the "rushing through" of 1,000 volunteer staff to help break this weekend's strike.Read

Good news as jobless total falls

The Government was given a pre-election boost on the jobs front when unemployment fell and there was a huge cut in the numbers claiming jobseeker's allowance.Read

Lower drink-drive limit supported

More than 70% of motorists would support a lowering of the legal drink-drive limit, according to a new survey.Read

Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.Read

Drivers back a lower drink limit

More than 70% of motorists would support a lowering of the legal drink-drive limit, according to a survey.Read

Deaths spark 'legal high' ban call

There is mounting pressure for the "legal high" drug mephedrone to be banned after it was linked to the deaths of two teenagers.Read

100,000 carbon capture jobs likely

The UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector will be able to sustain 100,000 jobs by 2030 and generate up to £6.5 billion a year, the Government has claimed.Read

Three held over 'mephedrone' deaths

Three people are being quizzed by police over the deaths of two teenagers who are believed to have taken the "legal high" mephedrone.Read

New figures to reveal jobless total

The latest unemployment figures are being published amid uncertainty over how quickly the UK job market can recover from the recession.Read

Balls pledges £23m for social work

Schools Secretary Ed Balls has pledged an extra £23 million for frontline social work as a key Government adviser raised concerns that a shortage of funding could be putting children at risk.Read

Call to axe thousands of NHS beds

The NHS should cut more than 30,000 hospital beds to save cash and improve patient care, a think-tank has said.Read

Brown hits back at debt criticism

Gordon Brown faces fresh pressure over his handling of the economy as a report from the EU Commission warns that the UK is not doing enough to tackle its spiralling deficit.Read

Family wait for freed boy's return

The family of the five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan are waiting for news of his return to the UK.Read

Talent shows miss out at TV awards

The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent have been snubbed at the Royal Television Society Awards.Read

Civil servants' Budget day strike

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are to stage their first national strike on Budget day in an escalation of a bitter dispute over cuts in redundancy pay.Read