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By Tom Braithwaite in Washington Things have changed since February when Tim Geithner gave a tepid presentation of his financial rescue plans and even President Barack Obama’s supporters wondered if he had chosen the wrong...
A second member of the Commons committee that governs the conduct of MPs is facing a call to step down over his use of £65,000 in parliamentary allowances. Andrew Dismore has sharply criticised the proposed reforms to the...
David Robertson and Michael Evans The Ministry of Defence has been criticised for spending £149 million on an “urgent” upgrade to 900 tanks that can still only be used for training. The armoured vehicles will be used in Canada...
It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politics When south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfires...
Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service. Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy...
Mr Becu's tirade ( Letters , 21 November) shows an impressive lack of self-awareness. Perhaps if he had any knowledge of neighbouring countries, he would know the level of support for Blair in Britain. I arrived in Belgium some...
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords , would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the...
On the eve of the bill determining Britain's digital future, Ben Bradshaw attacks the Tory leader's 'pact' with the Murdochs and defends the BBC, if not its Trust, from its 'circling enemies'. He speaks to James Robinson After...
A letter from several lobby groups (4 November) left the impression that proposed Danish legislation intends to reduce the rights of members of the public to protest openly. This is misleading. Denmark is committed to including...
Vladimir Putin has undiplomatically poked fun at the Georgian leader, Mikheil Saakashvili, saying that it may not be safe to wear a tie around him. Vladimir Putin and the Ukranian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, in Yalta,...
