The King's Speech may be piling up the plaudits and be widely tipped for glory at the Oscars later this month, but it has found one unlikely critic: the American Humane Association... more
UK-born hate preacher released from jail today called for Britons to shun poppies on their first day of sale because they support 'urder and illegal war'... more
The notion of a bonus is precisely that it is contingent on performance; the idea of getting a bonus that is effectively part of normal remuneration rather misses the point of it... more
Woolwich Barracks to be officially reopened after a £50 million refurbishment sparked by a U-turn that saw it preserved and the “eyesore” Chelsea Barracks sold... more
The Middle East peace talks — that is, the latest instalment — have begun in a flurry of activity and anxious speculation about the body language of the two main participants, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestianian President Mahmoud Abbas... more
Criminals who fail to admit their guilt at the first opportunity will be forced to spend longer in prison, under new Metropolitan Police proposals put before the Government’s sentencing advisers... more
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was among a string of former Labour ministers set to be given a peerage in the Dissolution Honours list, the Standard learns... more
Labour tensions over talks with the Liberal Democrats spread to the Cabinet today when it emerged that Health Secretary Andy Burnham warned it could create a backlash... more
Opinion about the British presence in Afghanistan is evenly divided, according to an ICM poll published today. But even after a bloody 10 days in which 15 soldiers have been killed, the war is justified... more
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott says he was “staggered” to find out Slaughter and May cost the Treasury £22 million last year for legal advice on the credit crunch... more
No one seems to have a good word for Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Lloyds, who happily signed up to the merger of HBOS without, as his chief executive admits, doing anywhere near enough due diligence... more
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