Boots defends marketing of homeopathy as effective

Chief pharmacist at Boots said responsibility to regulate marketing of homeopathic products lay with UK drug regulator

Inquiry announced into Iraq abuse claims

Ministry of Defence pledged to 'full support' for public inquiry into aftermath of 'Battle of Danny Boy' in 2004

Britain 'knew Saddam had destroyed WMD'

Iraq inquiry told that the Foreign Office thought there was no immediate threat from Iraq in lead-up to war

Soldier's widow pleads for peaceful exit

Wife of Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid uses funeral oration to call on ministers to work as he did to preserve life

'Drumbeats' on ousting Saddam began in 2001

Iraq Inquiry opens with officials describing noises of war coming from Washington in early days of Bush Administration

TIMELINE: how the Iraq war unfolded

After seven years of dossiers, protests and war, critics of the Government hope their questions may finally be answered

IN DEPTH: the key witnesses

Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Alastair Campbell, the Attorney-General and 'C' the head of MI6 will be called to give evidence

Brown backs Zimbabwe's return to the fold

The Prime Minister will press leaders at a summit in Trinidad to encourage a wide range of political and human rights reforms

Cameron bewitched by the ‘untypical Tory’

Phillip Blond, the preacher of ‘Red Toryism’, helps the Conservative leader to confront Labour on its own ground

It’s time to talk about social insurance

We can’t rely on raiding a small pot of money, especially if it means that medical research gets less

Watchdog ticks PM off for terrorism comments

Lord Carlile, independent reviewer of terror laws, says premature statements are ‘unwelcome distraction’ for police

Rescue was no time for niceties

When HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland were tottering on the brink the Bank of England and Government faced a tough decision

Cancer research at risk in scramble for funds

Health Secretary said millions of pounds would be 'reprioritised' from health research to pay costs of Social Care Bill

Banks given £62bn nearly collapsed

Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS received secret bridging loans last year when facing far greater peril than first thought

Ainsworth criticises Obama's Afghan 'hiatus'

Defence Secretary said delay in decision-making had contributed to falling public support in Britain for the mission

IN DEPTH: Day 1, best of the evidence

Inquiry hears about the US 'drum beat' of war, secret discussions on overthrowing Saddam and weapons of mass destruction

Anti-terror watchdog attacks intercept evidence

Lord Carlile of Berriew comes down firmly against allowing evidence from phone taps to be allowed as evidence in trials

IN FULL: Sir John Chilcot's opening statement

Iraq Inquiry opens with statement setting out the timetable and objectives of long-awaited study of the war and its causes

Banks were kept alive with secret £62bn loan

Bank of England's Governor Mervyn King reveals depth of UK's bank rescue as Lloyds taps taxpayers for further £5.7bn