PM: deaths will not derail Afghan strategy

Gordon Brown says murder of five UK servicemen by Afghan policeman will not stop police training programme

North Korea: the defectors' tale

Pair who fled give evidence to MPs. North Korea says it has no problems except the international community's hostility

KEY POINTS: the Kelly report

Main recommendations of Sir Christopher Kelly's report on reform of MPs' expenses

LIVE: the Kelly report on MPs' expenses

As it happens - all the details as Sir Christopher Kelly unveils his recommendations for reform of the system

Lord Sugar: struggling bosses are ‘moaners’

Star of The Apprentice says many companies don't need a bank to lend them cash - but a bankruptcy adviser

Chief scientist backs adviser's cannabis stance

John Beddington says research on harm caused by drug is clear cut but he stops short of criticising dismissal of Professor Nutt

Blag-a-thon is child’s play for Darling

Boy Darling bragged that his bailout of Lloyds and RBS had been so successful that he wanted to give them billions more

Tories under pressure for vote on EU reform

After the Czech President dashed hopes for a Lisbon treaty referendum, Cameron is being urged to hold one on renegotiations

MPs’ last stand in battle to save perks

Proposed reforms on expenses being announced this morning include measures to eradicate MPs’ employment of their relatives

Q&A: the Lisbon treaty

What new powers does it give to the EU? So when does Tony Blair become president?

President Václav Klaus signs Lisbon treaty

After 12 years the European Union finally has a new constitution - but the struggle for power has only just begun

Tories concede defeat as Czechs sign EU Treaty

Eurosceptic president clears the way for historic change to the EU - forcing the Tory Party to change tack on referendum

Banks endure bonus misery for extra £40bn

Government outlines plan to break up RBS and Lloyds and agrees to pump in extra sum on top of existing £37bn rescue funds

Why Germany can’t get over the Wall

Twenty years after the Wall came down, an author says that the Stasi may have lost the Cold War, but they still prevail

BNP leader accuses Asian man of racism

Nick Griffin tells Preston Crown Court how he hid in his car because he believed Tauriq Khalid was threatening to kill him

Minister 'appalled' over drugs adviser sacking

Lord Drayson wrote to No 10 asking if the Prime Minister could undo the decision to sack the Government's chief drugs adviser

Suspect remains defiant over Litvinenko murder

Andrei Lugovoy blames David Miliband for worsening relations with Russia over failure to extradite him to stand trial

Cameron to axe EU treaty referendum pledge

The Conservative leader has decided that he will not call a plebiscite on the Lisbon treaty as he goes into election mode

Tories' NHS board: where will the buck stop?

It remains to be seen whether a Conservative government could truly devolve power to an independent health service body