... to save the NHS, says Ed Miliband. My first thought was, gosh, that's nice, three months in which to kill it. I suspect that I am in a minority: the outpouring of love, loyalty and vows to defend the NHS unto death from the Guardian commenters to this report and to Miliband's own article resemble nothing so much as the frenzied cries of "Deus vult!" that greeted Pope Urban II when he...

William Hague accused the Syrian regime of "cold-blooded cynicism" as reports of one of the bloodiest attacks of the uprising which is reported to have left 200 people dead fuelled calls for United Nations action.

New Open Europe report: EU social policy costs the UK £8.6bn a year<BR>

New Open Europe report: Devolving EU regional policy could save the UK £4.2 billion over seven years

New Open Europe report: How the Coalition can repatriate 130 EU crime and policing laws overnight

17 Labour MPs including former Cabinet Minsters back new Open Europe report

New Open Europe report: How the Coalition can repatriate 130 EU crime and policing laws overnight

17 Labour MPs including former Cabinet Ministers back Open Europe report

Unless ministers produce a drastically different document in the next few weeks, this experience is going to become commonplace throughout the country, not least because – as a report by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will reveal on Monday – the reforms will withdraw a 25-year-old safeguard from more than half of the

The fledgling industry has been flourishing, but the halving of government subsidies has thrown it into confusion, reports Iain Hollingshead.