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Nursery food standards face review

6:20am Tuesday 16th March 2010

The Government is set to announce a review of food standards in nurseries as ministers launch a fresh pre-election assault on the Tories over their plans for Sure Start centres.

Pakistan kidnap boy found safe

5:50am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A British boy kidnapped while on holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago has been located safe and well, the British High Commission has confirmed.

Expat Britons await pension ruling

5:34am Tuesday 16th March 2010

More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for Government payouts if a group fighting a legal battle over pension rights win their case.

Minister numbers 'should be cut'

5:19am Tuesday 16th March 2010

The number of government ministers should be slashed by up to a third, an influential committee of MPs said.

'Saddened' Winslet and Mendes split

5:19am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after nearly seven years of marriage.

UK debt plan 'not ambitious enough'

4:02am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Government plans to deal with Britain's ballooning debt are not ambitious enough and need to be "significantly reinforced", according to a European Commission report.

Op ends Beckham's World Cup dream

2:49am Tuesday 16th March 2010

David Beckham's chances of appearing in a record fourth World Cup are over as he starts recovering from an operation on his Achilles tendon.

Clegg in warning over spending cuts

1:41am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Britain could face massive political and social unrest on a scale similar to Greece if the next government cannot rally the public behind plans to cut the £178 billion deficit, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is to warn.

OAP social care costs 'to double'

12:42am Tuesday 16th March 2010

The cost of social care for the elderly is set to double in the next 15 years just to maintain current standards, according to a report by the King's Fund.

Council pay-offs 'unjustified'

12:42am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A third of town hall chiefs walk away with a golden goodbye worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, according to a survey by the local government spending watchdog.