Archive of articles from 2008

Lib Dems push social mobility

Nick Clegg wants to investigate social mobility more closely

New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has launched a commission tasked with investigating Britain's low levels of social mobility.

Larger schools 'sign of success not poor discipline'

Tories' alarm at rising pupil numbers

It is "too simplistic" for the Conservatives to implicate larger schools with discipline problems, the government has said.

Brown vows Royal Marsden repaired "as soon as possible"

Firefighters tackling the Royal Marsden blaze

The prime minister has promised the government will do everything possible to restore normality to the Royal Marsden Hospital after yesterday's fire.

Tories call for anti-trafficking agreement now

Call to ratify European convention on action against human trafficking

The Conservatives have called on the government to ratify the European convention on action against human trafficking immediately.

Self-inflicted jail deaths rise

Self-inflicted prison deaths are on the rise

Overcrowded prisons are to blame for last year's sharp increase in self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales, it has been claimed.

UK condemns Kenya unrest

Much of Kenya's violence is inter-tribal

The British government has called on Kenyan leaders to calm inter-tribal fighting following six days of violence which have left up to 300 people dead.

Govt 'to miss' NHS targets

Waiting time targets will not be met, Civitas says

A thinktank has dismissed the government's target for cutting NHS waiting times from referral to treatment as an "impossibility".

Tories woo NHS

David Cameron wants to make the Conservatives "the party of the NHS"

David Cameron has laid out the Conservatives' desire to become the "party of the NHS" in a speech in Manchester.

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