Senior public servants face calls to take a voluntary wage cut after it emerges that 291 officials enjoy pay deals of more than £150,000 a year... more
MI5 will have to stop nearly half of its counter-terrorist operations to protect the London Olympics in a move which could heighten the risk of an attack elsewhere in the UK... more
Britain stands at the greatest risk of a terrorist atrocity since the failed car bomb attacks on Hay-market in London three years ago, Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson warns... more
Islamist extremists seeking to carry out co-ordinated terror attacks in Britain, France and Germany remain at large in the UK despite efforts by intelligence chiefs to disrupt their plot... more
David “Two Brains” Willetts' commercial career has been somewhat less than stellar, while Francis Maude may be embarrassed by his entrepreneurial efforts... more
The torture debate is once again raising the ugliest of heads. Following the revelations of MI5’s knowledge of torture in the Binyam Mohamed case, ministers have been hot in denial of any collusion in torture with the US or other allies... more
By coincidence, the Mayor, Boris Johnson, has held an emergency summit with rail operators on the same day that a report on the Eurostar debacle at Christmas is launched... more
Head of MI5 strongly defends work of the Security Service in the face of damaging accusations that it sought to cover up its involvement in the torture of detainees... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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