Tories want to pull Army out of Germany

Liam Fox, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, said it was 'no longer necessary' to keep more than 20,000 personnel in Europe

Palin biography makes waves

Palinmania is back. But can the poster girl of the Right ever be a serious contender for the White House?

Balls’ warning over ‘creationism in schools’

Ed Balls claims that Tory plans to scrap National Curriculum controls could see creationism taught as science in schools

Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories'

The Prime Minister rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the economic posts once Tony Blair’s bid had failed

No yachts or oligarchs for Baroness Ashton

The European Union's High Representative seems well aware of the sort of sulphuric briefing taking place back in London

The path to war will come under new scrutiny

Events before and after the Iraq war will be examined in microscopic detail when the public inquiry begins next week

Is this the moment Salmond loses his sparkle?

Lancashire lass largely unknown in home town

Few people in Up Holland, a Lancashire mining village, could recognise their newly famous neighbour, the EU foreign minister

Mumsnet: an insight into the female psyche

The website went live in March 2000. Within a year it had 10,000 users. Now it has nearer 850,000

£22bn emergency fund to protect rainforests

Britain is to give hundreds of millions to cut the deforestation rate, via a fund that will start work before a UN scheme

Not enough time for Digital Bill, say Tories

The long-awaited legislation to combat internet piracy is unlikely to get through Parliament before the election

Gordon Brown fights for elderly care reforms

Critics say that scheme to provide help at home is a demolition job on the budget and will undermine social care reform

Staff salaries and postage sents MSPs’ expenses soaring

Holyrood’s 129 MSPs claimed expenses totalling £11 million, an increase of 8.7 per cent, on the previous year

Harman’s future in doubt over charges

Harriet Harman’s political career was in the balance after she was charged with driving while using her mobile phone

Bush alliance leaves the Blair the loser

The man everyone said would 'stop the traffic' in Washington if he were EU president was left wondering what might have been

Europe picks troupers for starring roles

EU picks Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton of Upholland to be faces of Europe

Let NHS run itself, says former health chief

Politicians should focus on the wider issues such as assisted dying and stem cell research ethics, claims Lord Crisp

Brown's Exocet Bill is self-destructive

Gordon Brown’s Bill was designed to be eye-catching but months before an election it makes his promises look paper thin

David Cameron fails to impress on Mumsnet

The Conservative leader was prepared for the biscuit question but almost came unstuck on nappies in a Q&A on the website