Straw bans release of Iraq minutes
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has invoked a ministerial veto in the Freedom of Information Act to ban the publication of minutes of Cabinet meetings in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Straw said he could not allow the release of the records as it would cause too... [continued]
The Mole: Iraq invasion: 2003 Cabinet minutes 'must be released' 
Matthew Carr: Iraq is the shameful secret in our cellar
Plane crashes at Amsterdam airport
Nine people have died after a Turkish Airlines plane carrying 135 passengers crashed while trying to land at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. But dozens of passengers walked away from the wreckage. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 making a flight from Istanbul to Amsterdam, broke into three parts when it... [continued]
In Pictures: Amsterdam plane crash
Upbeat Obama offers hope and radical agenda
President Barack Obama told Congress last night that America would "emerge stronger than before" from the economic turmoil gripping it. In an upbeat address carried live on primetime TV, Obama set out his economic programme for the coming years. Offering policies as radical and left-of-centre as any president has... [continued]
The Obama White House: news, comment, analysis
People: Is Bobby Jindal the GOP’s Obama-slayer?
Iran seeks talks through Turkey
Iran has asked Turkey to act as a go-between it and the United States, the Turkish prime minister has revealed. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he had been approached by Tehran during George Bush's presidency and had passed on the message of reconciliation then. Mr Erdogan said that he... [continued]
Obama White House: Obama drafts open letter to Iran
Obama White House: Why Barack Obama should go to Tehran
David Cameron’s son Ivan dies
Tory leader David Cameron's son Ivan, six, has died, the party announced today. The eldest of Cameron's three children, Ivan was severely disabled and suffered from cerebral palsy and epilepsy from birth. A Conservative Party spokesman announced this morning: "It is with great sadness that David and Samantha Cameron... [continued]
Met Police hit by racism claims
The Metropolitan Police are under fire after it was claimed yesterday that officers had operated a policy of 'apartheid' and racist bullying in a London police station, according to claims by an Asian police community support officer to be made at an employment tribunal tomorrow. The revelations, coming... [continued]
Will Self: why Sir Ian Blair was right about racism
Coppers are a tribe apart
Lawrence: the case that won’t go away
Labour to force train fares down
Rail minister Lord Adonis will tell the Commons Transport Select Committee today that train operators in the UK will be forced by the Government to cut ticket prices for the first time since privatisation, despite claiming that doing so will hinder their plans to invest in the railway network.... [continued]
Renationalisation can cure other British failures
End this chaos: renationalise the airports
UK savers withdraw record amount
British savers withdrew more than £2bn in January as historically low rates of interest forced them to look elsewhere to find better returns for their investments. The figure, released by the British Bankers Association (BBA), was the highest since the organisation began collecting the data 12 years ago. With... [continued]
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