Archive of articles from 2010

Sarkozy and Cameron celebrate de Gaulle's 'Free France' appeal

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni walk to Downing Street

Nicolas Sarkozy joined with David Cameron today to pay tribute to Charles de Gaulle's historic wartime radio appeal to his French compatriots today, 70 years after it was delivered.

Unite tries to stoke Lib Dem rebellion

Charles Kennedy argues with Nick Clegg on the campaign trail. The former leader couldn't support the coalition agreement.

Unite has called on Liberal Democrats with "a social conscience" to tear up their membership cards in protest at the coalition's cuts agenda.

Free schools: Application forms released

Michael Gove, education secretary, has been promoting the plans throughout the election campaign

Parents and community groups will for the first time be able to apply to set up a free school, with application forms now being released by the Department for Education.

Scientists demand evolution be put on curriculum

Darwin: Even now, many people all over the world doubt the veracity of evolution.

Twenty-six of the UK's top scientists have written to the government demanding that evolution be specifically included in the primary curriculum.

Public sector pay sparks left-right war

Barber says thintank views nurses as drag on the economy

A thinktank report has triggered a row with the TUC over whether public sector workers are better off than their private sector counterparts.

Pickles goes to war on weekly bin collection

The new local government secretary has picked weekly bin collections as his first campaign, with a promise to scrap fortnightly collections.

David Miliband: End private school charity status

Private schools should have their charitable status withdrawn, according to Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband.

Deficit not as bad as feared

A tower of debts, but possibly less than expected

The coalition government's constant refrain that Britain's economic problems are worse than previously thought took something of a knock today, with official figures showing the deficit is not as bad as expected.

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