The removal of Fred Goodwin’s knighthood serves the coalition’s political purposes. It shows them being tough on a bad banker and reminds everyone that these problems happened on the last government’s watch and that Alex Salmond was cheering on RBS’s bid for ABN Amro. There are even some in government who are up for a fight over clawing back part of his pension or past bonu...

Many millions of Indians now stand to be driven towards poverty and hunger, as the sudden removal of import tariffs is likely to have a devastating effect on farmers - suddenly finding their markets swamped by European produce. This is one of those rare times I agree with Peter Mandelson on globalisation.

The corporation had said there was an overwhelming case for the court’s intervention because of the impact on the churchyard of the camp. The limited interference with the protesters’ rights entailed in the removal of the tents was justified and proportionate, given the rights and freedoms of others, it argued. There’s a trade off of

Cosmetic surgery clinics last night failed to offer free replacement of breast implants at the centre of major health concerns to the vast majority of the women who have them.

The Welsh government will pay to remove banned breast implants in cases of clinical need, but won't pay to replace those that were privately fitted.

All 40,000 British women who received faulty implants should have them removed if they are leaking as badly as evidence suggests, in a move which could cost £150 million.

As the French authorities recommend that 30,000 women have faulty breast implants removed as a precaution, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the UK government does not believe their removal is necessary.

David Cameron has been forced to reveal details of a £64,000 makeover of his family's Downing Street flat including a lavish bathroom refit and the removal of almost all other fixtures and fittings in the rest of the property.

“For most people, the only visible service that they get from the council is the removal of refuse” – Eric Pickles, Daily Mail, 30th September Floccinaucinihilipilification – the action or habit of estimating something as worthless, Oxford English Dictionary This may or not be the longest word in the English language, but today is a

The Telegraph reports that a group of Labour MPs led by Ian Davidson, MP for Glasgow South West, are preparing a 15-point plan to put to Gordon Brown calling for the blueprint of the revised EU Constitution to be radically amended. Among their likely demands will be the removal of the proposal to create a new EU Foreign Minister, a controversial idea also included in the original, rejected 2005 EU...