‘What little we have will disappear’

Councils across the country are already facing tough decisions even before the arrival of the Personal Care at Home Bill

Jobs boost from turbines could go overseas

Nine of the stations in the seas will be announced, but few of the 6,000 turbines are likely to be built in this country

Hewitt and Hoon’s snowball turns to slush

Pair had reason to believe that the missile might have become an avalanche but have learnt the folly of trusting others

Lord Lipsey: where’s the cash coming from?

No one dares to oppose a huge handout to elderly people but ministers have to come clean on the funding

MPs' expenses watchdog 'waters down reform'

Sir Ian Kennedy suggested claims may be allowed on second homes around London and ban on relatives may be rejected

ANALYSIS: private space is unlikely

The scandal surrounding the Irish First Minister's marriage can only add to the problems of the Democratic Unionists

TV claims 'forced Ulster sex scandal public'

Wife of Northern Ireland First Minister's admission of affair apparently prompted by allegations in BBC documentary

Miliband under fire amid ruins of failed coup

Cabinet ministers and Labour MPs critical of Foreign Secretary after seven hour delay before lukewarm backing of PM

Cameron: I messed up on marriage tax breaks

Tory leader confesses he misdescribed his party's policy on offering tax breaks to married couples in a TV interview

IN FULL: the coup lettter

Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have written to all Labour MPs over leadership issue

Unlikely duo trying to topple Brown

Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt say they decided to call for a secret ballot after a chance meeting in the Commons

Blair adviser poses Machiavellian question

Jonathan Powell has written a book comparing the former Prime Minister's tactics with the notorious political philosophy

Britain ‘negotiated truce before leaving Basra'

Officials reached an understanding with insurgent militants before withdrawal of troops in Basra, Chicot inquiry is told

Cases for and against Iceland repaying loan

The Government says that Britons should be allowed to campaign, but warns that lobbying could stoke domestic opposition

Battle lines form over Iceland's borrowed billions

Iceland sets the date for a referendum that will decide the fate of a £3.6 billion loan made by Britain in banking crisis

Cabinet damns Brown with faint praise

Ministers showed little enthusiasm in heading off the attempted coup by Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt

Warning shot against Brown matters

The attempted coup will remind voters that many Labour politicians harbour doubts about the Prime Minister

Carey calls for 'reasonable limit' on migration

The former Archbishop of Canterbury demanded migrants respect 'parliamentary democracy built upon Christian heritage'

Gordon Brown stages great escape

The Prime Minister performed with a swagger after realising that David Cameron didn't know about the poison-pen letter

Wife of Ulster leader admits to having affair

Iris Robinson reveals she attempted suicide after confessing to her husband Peter, Northern Ireland's First Minister