Archive of articles from 2011

Police call for information on anarchists

An anarcho-communist flag flies as activists destroy Tory HQ during a tuition fees protest

A new police briefing calls for members of the public to report information about local anarchists to the authorities, in a move which critics have attacked as authoritarian.

Iraq inquiry: Blair to face scathing criticism

Tony Blair's reputation never recovered from the Iraq war

Tony Blair will face scathing criticism when the final report into the Iraq war is published, it is being reported.

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Phone-hacking investigation widens to cover computers

Computer-hacking has been added to the police's to-do list

Alleged instances of computer-hacking will now be assessed by police alongside the ongoing phone-hacking investigation.

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Letwin wants public sector workers to feel 'fear'

Feeling the fear? Letwin wants discipline to increase productivity.

Public sector workers should be afraid of losing their jobs because it will make them more productive, Oliver Letwin has said.

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Alexander rules out 50p tax cut in snub to Boris

50p in the pound? Many right-wing commentators have demanded the end of the tax bracket.

Boris Johnson had his demands for a cut to higher-rate income tax humiliatingly rejected by Danny Alexander this morning.

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Coalition 'takes from poor and gives to rich'

The anti-Robin Hood? Labour has accused the coalition of taking from poor areas to increase funding for wealthy ones

Coalition changes to NHS funding are seeing money being taken from poorer areas and given to rich ones, according to a previously unpublished document.

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Flurry of letters puts on the pressure over BSkyB discussions

Media secretary Jeremy Hunt was handed responsibility for the BSkyB bid

David Cameron is being told to "come clean" over his discussions about BSkyB with the Murdoch empire, after Labour sent a flurry of letters demanding answers.

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Mulcaire: I phone-hacked under orders

News Corp only stopped paying Glenn Mulcaire's legal fees last week

Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, one of two people already convicted over phone-hacking, has insisted he hacked phones "on the instructions of others".

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'Jonnie Marbles' convicted of foam pie attack

'Jonnie Marbles' arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court. Photo: Getty Images

Rupert Murdoch's foam pie attacker 'Jonnie Marbles' has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm and distress.

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Tory MP Louise Mensch apologises to Piers Morgan

Ms Mensch is a successful 'chick lit' author under her maiden name Ms Bagshawe

Louise Mensch has apologised to Piers Morgan over incorrect phone-hacking allegations, after admitting separately that she had "probably" taken drugs in the 90s.

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Press watchdog chair quits over phone-hacking

Chief press regulator is latest to resign over phone-hacking scandal

Press Complaints Commission (PCC) chair Peta Buscombe has resigned, as the phone-hacking scandal claims another "convenient scalp".

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FA in need of urgent reform, say MPs

The Football Association needs change to deal with problems in the game say MPs

The English Football Association (FA) is in need of urgent reform if it is to tackle widespread problems in the game, MPs have said.

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More civilian cuts at the MoD

A further 7,000 civilian jobs are to go at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a leaked letter suggests.

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Commons epetitions set 100k target

MPs could debate petitions which get over 100,000 signatures

Members of the public will be able to get issues of their choosing debated on the floor of the Commons - if they can find 99,999 people to agree with them.

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Arm Libya's rebels, ex-defence secretary urges

Arming Libyan rebels would help quicken the conflict's end, Rifkind argues

Britain should quicken Muammar Gaddafi's fall from power by arming Libyan rebels, former defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind has called.

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Murdoch in line for parliament recall

BSkyB is paying out to shareholders after a bruising few weeks

James Murdoch will face another grilling from MPs if Labour backbencher Tom Watson gets his way.

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News of the World 'hacked Sara Payne phone'

The News of the World played a key role in the campaign which followed Sarah Payne's death

The mother of murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne has reportedly been informed by Scotland Yard that she was a target of News of the World private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.

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Murdoch survives BSkyB board meeting

James Murdoch is under considerable scrutiny as the phone-hacking scandal rumbles on.

James Murdoch has been backed unanimously by the BSkyB board, ahead of more devastating revelations in the phone-hacking scandal.

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Boris 'may have perverted course of justice' over phone-hacking

Boris said phone-hacking allegations were politically motivated last year

Boris Johnson may have perverted the course of justice by branding phone-hacking allegations "codswallop" while a police investigation was ongoing.

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Downing Street refuses to reveal Coulson information

Andy Coulson met Neil Wallis at least once in Downing Street. Getty Images

Downing Street has refused to reveal whether Andy Coulson saw sensitive information on counter-terrorism, amid continued speculation over his clearance level.

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