Warwick, not Glasgow, can hurt Brown

Labour's forum in Warwick is a more important political test for Gordon Brown than today's Glasgow East by-election

Gordon Brown listens to sound holiday advice

The Prime Minister appears to be taking seriously warnings that he must take a holiday and be seen to take a holiday

Save our Bletchley Park

Scientists warn in The Times that codebreaking centre is in danger

Illegal downloaders should watch out

It is easier for the authorities to find out if you - or your children - have been illegally downloading than you think

Labour on tenterhooks as Glasgow vote looms

Gordon Brown will be grateful to hold onto Glasgow East even by a single vote, as by-election sets mood for summer

Councils rapped as spy requests surge

Local government criticised for using electronic surveillance to snoop on suspected litter louts and dog foulers

Giving up the car in an eco-town costs £500

Developers plan an annual charge on residents to pay for the subsidised bus travel they will need and management costs

Gordon Brown spends less than Tony Blair

Taxpayer waved farewell to a fortune to fund Tony Blair's final tour but Gordon Brown is keeping travel costs down

Unions call for Hutton's head after 'fall-out'

Gordon Brown is coming under pressure from union leaders to remove John Hutton from his post as Business Secretary

Brown: major Iraq troop withdrawal by 2009

Prime Minister prepares ground for significant reduction of troops predicting a "fundamental change" in the UK mission

London Olympic price consultants cost £87m

Wage bill at the government agency building the 2012 Games leapt 36 per cent with inflation posing further worry

Welfare reform has been a long time coming

Will this new package make any difference? The emphasis is on a responsibility to work but also on support

British troops in Iraq set for withdrawal

Senior commanders warn that Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns running simultaneously create problems for the Armed Forces

UK companies welcome Treasury climbdown

Business leaders welcomed government climbdown on taxing companies' foreign profits though the accord still needs work

Sketch: No place for complacency in politics

David Cameron is addicted to telling us he’s not complacent. It may in fact be a medical condition

Council puts freeze on ice-cream jingles

Worcester City Council has ordered ice-cream vans cut jingles after four seconds because of concerns about noise pollution

£2bn jail plan not based on 'solid foundations'

Commons committee report is scathing of a prison building programme to provide 10,500 extra spaces as being a risky strategy

Brown eclipsed by Barack Obama

Prime Minister's trip to Israel was being treated as a warm-up for the US Presidential candidate's forthcoming visit

Brown: Iran will never develop nuclear bomb

Prime Minister threatens Iran with sanctions and promises alliance with Israel in first speech by a British PM to Knesset

Government announces shake-up of welfare system

In speech to House of Commons, James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said: 'life on benefits is not an option'