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12:04am Wednesday 15th February 2012

England is failing its young children "on a grand scale" due to inequality, with many not achieving basic levels of social and emotional development, according to a leading expert.

12:04am Wednesday 15th February 2012

A third of GPs know a patient who was given "dangerously sub-standard" care at their local hospital in the past year, according to a poll. One in 10 have even had one of their patients die, potentially as a result of poor hospital care, in the past 12 months.

12:04am Wednesday 15th February 2012

A Commons committee has called for clarity on the "unanswered" questions of Scottish independence.

12:04am Wednesday 15th February 2012

A leading teachers' union is to issue a legal challenge to the Government over its controversial pension reforms in a fresh blow to ministers' hopes of an end to the long-running dispute, it has been announced.

12:04am Wednesday 15th February 2012

David Cameron will vow to take on the "scandal" of public drunkenness and alcohol abuse that costs the NHS £2.7 billion a year.

11:08pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Government to abandon the Health and Social Care Bill.

10:04pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Peers have imposed new restrictions on the Government's proposals for a "bedroom tax" on council tenants with spare rooms but backed down over changes to other parts of the coalition's controversial welfare shake-up.

7:34pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Scottish football giant Rangers has gone into administration over an unpaid tax bill of £9 million - accrued since Craig Whyte's takeover.

7:05pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The insurance industry has promised to pass on savings to customers from a cut in personal injury legal fees, Downing Street said.

6:31pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Government has suffered a fresh setback over its controversial welfare reforms as peers voted to limit the impact of the "bedroom tax" on social housing tenants with spare rooms.