Tory leader David Cameron calls for an inquiry into allegations ex-ministers tried to sell influence for cash.

The problem: The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches program have caught ex Labour ministers out offering to sell their influence over other Labour ministers. They cite examples of where policies have been changed thanks to such bought influence. One ex Labour minister even describes himself as a taxi for sale. The boasts rely on undue influence over serving ministers. This story will soo...

A 300 per cent increase in the price of copper has led to metal theft becoming the fastest-growing crime in the UK. Criminals sell the cable on to scrap dealers who ship it abroad. An epidemic of thefts is thought to have cost British Telecom several million pounds already this year. Last week thieves tore up manhole covers

I picked up this story a little late: a company called the Global Internet Freedom Consortium offers VPN’s and kindred software to get around China’s net nanny. Then they collect data on their users and sell it for personalized advertising....

ELECTION ESSAY: Frank Furedi explains why the mighty mess Labour made of education won’t be fixed by privatisation or parental pressure.

Middle class pensioners would be spared having to sell their homes to pay for care in their old age under a scheme of universal benefits proposed.

Middle class pensioners would be spared having to sell their homes to pay for care in their old age under a scheme of universal benefits proposed today.

ONE of the SNP's senior figures is calling for the party leadership to do more to sell the vision of independence, warning that a fear of "scaring the horses" mig

Background On December the 20th in 2007 the Dutch MoD and Schelde Marinebouw (now: Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding) signed a contract for the construction of 4 patrol vessels. These vessels were the result of the Marinestudie 2005 which proposed to sell 4 M-class (Karel Doorman class) frigates. With that money 4 patrol vessels should be bought, the Marine Corps should be strengthened, getting mor...

And so government remains silent, as legions of young men drop out of the system, fail to fulfil their potential or grow up into miserable, half starved adults. It doesn't matter, not really. The men's groups kicking up their silly little boys' protests don't understand the logic of the market. Images of lusty young men sell products - that's all there is to it. And after ...