Mental health `timebomb` warning

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Former SAS soldier Andy McNab has warned that Britain was sitting on a "timebomb" of future severe mental health problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Sats 'set to be scrapped next year'

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Next year's Sats tests could be the last, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has signalled.

Brown 'like rabbit in headlights'

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Gordon Brown has come under fire from the joint leader of the Unite union, who has accused the Prime Minister of behaving like "a rabbit in the headlights", or a boxer who is scared to throw a punch.

Cameron hints at Tory tax cuts

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

David Cameron has hinted at the possibility of tax cuts under a Conservative government, saying that it was right for those who "put their backs into the British economy" to be rewarded.

Civil servants to vote over action

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are to be balloted on whether to take industrial action for at least three months in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay.

£75m childcare boost for families

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Some 50,000 low-income families across England are to be offered £205 a week to pay for childcare so parents can get training to help them back to work.

Voters back immigration levels cut

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Significant cuts in immigration are backed by a large majority of supporters of all political parties, according to a new poll.

Last orders for five pubs a day

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

British pubs have closed at the rate of five a day during the first half of this year, according to new figures.

Nationwide in advanced merger talks

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Mortgage lender Nationwide has said it was in advanced talks over mergers with the Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies.

Ministers reject cap on immigration

2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Ministers have rejected proposals for a cap on immigration, ahead of a cross-party report which is expected to call for a sharp reduction in the numbers allowed to settle in the UK.

Mental health `timebomb` warning

Updated 2:28am Monday 8th September 2008

Former SAS soldier Andy McNab has warned that Britain was sitting on a "timebomb" of future severe mental health problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

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