ALISTAIR Darling is set to announce additional cash for back-to-work programmes after better-than-expected figures for February gave the Chancellor a surprise windfall ahead o

Treasury, officials are delighted by the course of the public finances. Insiders know the level of the deficit, nearly 12 per cent of national income, remains terrible. But economists are pretty sure that this year's borrowing will be better than forecast

Patients will have a legal right to hospital treatment within 12 weeks and to complain about the standard of their care, under new laws unveiled by Scottish ministers.

A maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for hospital treatment will be guaranteed under new legislation being announced.

A 12-year-old boy who thought he had "immunity" from being locked-up has become one of the country's youngest prisoners.

CALLS for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 12 – an issue highlighted by the recent debate over the James Bulger case – have been supported by Scotland&#

A European Commission handbook published on Friday (12 March) hopes to give businesses and politicians the right tools to assess the life cycle of all products and services in order to help boost the green economy. 

Drivers could have received illegal parking-tickets (Left) PARKING UP THE RIGHT TREE -- Ray Bramley by the 'No Waiting At Any Time' sign Hucknall Dispatch Published Date: 12 March 2010 A HUCKNALL man who has had a parking-ticket quashed fears other drivers might have paid fines when they didn't need to. Ray Bramley, of Braunton Close, parked his car on a strip of land outside the Gr...

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