The public have been urged to donate to an appeal fund to help save the lives of those affected by the Burmese cyclone.

Controversial legislation to widen the scope of embryo research is due to begin what is likely to be a stormy passage through the House of Commons.

Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health.

Britain is paying the price for a decade of Labour rule which had put "bureaucratic neatness" ahead of social value, David Cameron is due to claim.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.

Friends of a murdered teenager face a sombre return to school on what would have been his last day as a pupil.

Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq.

Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years under Labour, it has been claimed.

A government minister has maintained that post office closures were necessary because the network continued to lose half-a-million-pounds every day.

Some credit companies are breaking advertising rules when they use social networking sites to tout for business, a charity has warned.

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