Second hospital exposed for failing patients

Chairman removed at Colchester Hospital University Trust day after another major trust attacked over its death rates

Blair 'signed in blood' to oust Saddam

Former diplomat says plan to aim for 'regime change' may have stemmed from meeting between Bush and Blair in April 2002

Schools cut back on heating to save £750m

Schools Secretary wants to cut school bills by encouraging astute purchasing decisions and installing 'smart' energy meters

Conservatives propose energy-efficiency loans

Shadow Housing Minister announces plan to offer lending for retrofit of homes but green charities want more detail

Dementia research 'looted' to fund Brown pledge

The Prime Minister has been accused of taking research money to fund his election promise of free home care for the elderly

UKIP to target Islamic fundamentalism

The two front-runners in UKIP’s leadership contest say they will campaign against Islamism, alongide their anti-EU agenda

Key files not handed to Chilcot inquiry

Sir Christopher Meyer says he was unable to retrieve documents relating to Tony Blair’s meetings with George Bush in 2002

‘Day of shame’ taunt as Labour scuppers minimum pricing for alcohol

Police and doctors have heavily criticised a decision by Scottish Labour to block minimum pricing for drink in Scotland

Recession forces East Europeans to quit UK

Record emigration last year included many from the former Soviet bloc countries returning home in the economic downturn

Gray, the quiet man, turns out to be a bruiser . . . of sorts

I have made an important discovery. Iain Gray shares a distinct and identifiable quality with the former Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith.

Systemic failings killed 71 at hospital's A&E

NHS watchdog said Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Trust had reported 'persistently high mortality rates'

Sri Lanka's summit bid snubbed by Brown

The Prime Minister is against the country hosting Commonwealth leaders in 2011 because of campaign against the Tamil Tigers

Tories admit mistakes over Islamic schools claim

Leader’s aides admitted he made errors over funding for independent schools linked to radical Islamic group

Ex MI6 chief attacks Government on Afghanistan

Sir Richard Dearlove said ministers failed to provide enough money for the war and to explain why it was necessary

Cameron accused over Islamic schools claim

Schools Secretary calls claim radical Muslim group set up two schools with help of public cash a 'divisive smear'

Public cash ‘did not go to schools fronting terrorism’

Allegation by David Cameron that radical Muslim group had set up two schools was rejected by ministers

No apology for Germany’s own Nazi victims

Countries are apologising for past wrongs. Yet many casualties of Hitler’s sterilisation programme feel ignored today