London Olympics ‘supports discrimination’, activists say

Activists have challenged the London games to bar entry to countries that discriminate against their athletes and betray the Olympics’ human rights charter.

G4S boss torn apart by MPs in humiliating interrogation

The Commons was the scene of one of the most humiliating select committee sessions in recent memory today, as G4S boss Nick Buckles appeared before Keith Vaz and the home affairs committee over the London 2012 Olympic security row

G4S boss faces MPs as-it-happened

The head of G4S, Nick Buckles, answers questions from the home affairs committee over the security fiasco hitting London Olympics 2012.

London 2012: May under attack for G4S security ‘deceit’

Theresa May has insisted she is ‘getting a grip’ on the Olympic security row after being told it is “incomprehensible” she was unaware of problems at G4S before last week.

Comment: G4S and the myth of an efficient private sector

Using G4S for London Olympics 2012 security was like spending £100 on a McDonalds cheeseburger.

Olympic security failure branded ‘shambles’

Thousands more soldiers than originally planned are being drafted into Olympic security arrangements after the private firm responsible was forced to request help.

Comment: How can we allow McDonalds in the Olympics?

The London Olympics 2012 have allowed McDonalds to create the world’s largest burger restaurant in the heart of the athlete’s village.

Green attacks Vaz for ‘misleading’ Heathrow Olympics comments

Damian Green has hit out at Keith Vaz for making “misleading” comment about the state of the immigration queues at Heathrow ahead of the Olympics.

David Cameron Olympics speech in full

The prime minister complains there are too many public school athletes in a keynote Olympics speech.

Olympic missiles ‘will leave nothing to chance’

The government has confirmed that it will use ground-based air defence systems as security during the Olympic Games.