Peers could face police inquiry
The Metropolitan police are to be asked to investigate allegations that four Labour Lords broke the law after being asked by undercover reporters to use their influence amend legislation in exchange for money. The Sunday Times alleges that Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Truscott had admitted influencing... [continued]
The Mole: Black and Archer targeted as peers demand right to sack offenders 
More than 50 MPs will back an early day motion in the Commons today urging the BBC to broadcast an emergency appeal for Gaza on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which represents more than a dozen aid agencies. The Corporate has received more than 10,000 complaints after it... [continued]
The Gaza File: latest news, comment and analysis on the crisis
War reporters are crucial to report what is really happening in Gaza
In pictures: Gaza invasion
German protestors dare to compare Israelis to Nazis over Gaza attacks
Darling ‘plans new rescue package’
The Chancellor is reportedly planning a second emergency rescue package to bail out the economy this spring. According to the Guardian, Alistair Darling would be willing to borrow more money to boost Britain's key industries, in order to lay the foundations for an economic recovery. In addition,... [continued]
The Business Pages: all the latest on the financial crisis
The Mole: Tory fury as BBC's Evan Davies lets PM off lightly
Republicans threaten Obama plan
Senior Republicans in the US have threatened to vote against President Barack Obama's $825bn plan to stimulate the economy, claiming it does not create enough jobs. Although they do not have enough votes to stop the plan, they could delay it in the senate. The senate has already begun... [continued]
The Obama White House: news, comment and analysis
The man who saw the crash coming says there is worse on the horizon
Lubanga trial begins at The Hague
The trial of a former Congolese militia leader for using child soldiers is due to begin at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Thomas Lubanga faces six charges of recruiting and using children to fight in the Democratic Republic Congo's five-year civil war that ended in 2003.... [continued]
Rwanda accuses French elite of genocide
Will Self: Miliband postures in the heart of Congo's darkness
In pictures: war in the Congo
Steelmaker set to cut 3,500 jobs
Europe's second-largest steelmaker Corus is set to shed up to 3,500 jobs worldwide, including more than 2,500 in the UK. The Anglo-Dutch company, which is owned by India's Tata Steel group, is not expected to close any of its four UK plants at Port Talbot, Teesside, Scunthorpe and Rotherham.... [continued]
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