Troop training a casualty of war

Cuts and a change of focus in Afghanistan meant the Armed Forces missed out on more than 50 training exercises this year

Injured woman found outside house is named

Police have set a date to interview David Ross after naming Sniezana Kobeniak, found outside his house ‘with clothes missing'

Transport Secretary away as UK freezes up

Lord Adonis has come under fire after rejecting demands that he cut short his skiing holiday to deal with Britain's travel chaos

Asylum changes exploit the weak, says archbishop

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, says that cuts in financial support will leave many destitute this Christmas

Ex-minister: I said Brown would be ‘effing disaster’

John Hutton, the former Defence Secretary made the remark in the aftermath of a Labour revolt in 2006

Three 'legal highs' banned after deaths

Drug groups welcomed the action but warned that people would be willing to work around the law to produce the substances

Foreign prisoners given £500 to leave Britain

Incentives to persuade foreign prisoners to go home after their sentences should be given to Britons too, argue critics

Police to interview Tory donor David Ross

The co-founder of the Carphone Warehouse is to be interviewed by police in connection with an alleged assault on a woman

The playboy and the Tory party leader

Tycoon David Ross has a life of parties, yachts and beautiful girls. But are his links to the Tory party toxic?

SNP threaten legal action over TV debate

Scotland's First Minister fights back over 'unacceptable' election programmes featuring the main UK parties

Huge cash cuts to hit teaching at universities

Lord Mandelson's plan to slash budgets by millions is described by academics as a 'kick in the teeth'

Big Blue: no longer purely a computer company

Global Service projects, like the one today with Essex County Council, now account for more than half of IBM’s revenues

The Speaker Who Speaks too much

There was a tradition that the Speaker in the Commons did not talk a lot but now with John Bercow all that has changed

Tories to push Senate over US climate Bill

David Cameron pledged to continue the work started in Denmark in trying to find a legally binding climate change agreement

Tories deny wanting 'licence to kill burglars'

Lawyers say it would be unwise to go beyond allowing people to use "reasonable force" to protect themselves and their homes

IBM to run Tory council's services in £5bn deal

The technology giant’s contract is being seen as blueprint for local government services under a Conservative government

Cameron promises funding for hospices

The Conservative leader says that he would maintain the £10 million grant for charities that is set to run out in 2011

Essex Council pins hopes on deal with IBM

Stark predictions about spending cuts mean that other councils may be forced into vast contracts with private companies

Bercow vows to stay on as Speaker

Commons Speaker demonstrates strengthened position by vowing to stay on for two terms and dismissing Ukip challenge