The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, which will be headed by Mahmoud Abbas, it was announced on Monday. Reconciliation talks between the two factions have struggled to make ...

The Prime Minister will today face a stormy showdown with Britain's business leaders who are dismayed about the Government's perceived anti-business agenda. City leaders have voiced concern that the Government's move to strip Fred Goodwin of his ...

Drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, a government campaign will warn. By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent Television adverts which start running on Sunday evening will say that drinking "just a ...

Labour leader Ed Miliband is calling on the public to join a three-month campaign to kill off the government's controversial NHS reforms as pressure mounts on David Cameron to withdraw the coalition's flagship health and social care bill from ...

Government ministers have been accused of trying to gain favour with the voting public by openly criticising company chiefs such as Stephen Hester and Fred Goodwin. One senior executive at a Wall Street bank told The Times: 'London is now the worst ...