A commissioner for a body monitoring the London 2012 Olympics resigns over its links with Dow Chemical.

Doctors are being told they can no longer sign contracts that contain gagging orders, in new guidance issued by the medical regulator.

The government must urgently tighten the rules around scrap metal dealing to tackle the growing problem of theft, especially from railways, a committee says.

The tax office has conceded that it will have to deal leniently with taxpayers who face fines, owing to a planned strike.

Nick Clegg says he wants the coalition government to go "further and faster" in raising the pay level at which people start paying income tax.

Private security guards employed to forcibly remove people from the UK have used racist language and inappropriate force, says a report by MPs.

Libyan militias are out of control and secretly holding thousands of detainees, as the government struggles to assert its authority, the UN hears.

A series of talks between ministers and medical leaders have been taking place as concerns mount about the overhaul of the NHS in England.