A look at the causes and possible outcomes of Silvio Berlusconi and his right-wing coalition's lead in the polls.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond believes himself vindicated by the High Court ruling that his Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) is independent.
Communities across Britain should be on guard against the efforts of troublemakers to set us against each other in the wake of the sickening butchery of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
George Osborne's advice from the International Monetary Fund is like the curate's egg - good in parts.
A government guided by common sense would respond to news that publicly owned Royal Mail has increased profits to £403 million by scrapping plans to flog off the service.
Foreign Minister Alistair Burt's admission that the Cameron government has "supported" a survey of attitudes to US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas amounts to a tacit admission of British involvement.
Lord Feldman says that he didn't call grassroots Tories "mad swivel-eyed loons" while his accusers stand by their stories that he did.
Fire Minister Brandon Lewis probably had a fair idea what Sir Ken Knight would deliver when he asked him to conduct an "independent" report into fire and rescue services in England.
Unite national officer Dominic Hook's description of the latest jobs massacre at RBS as "brutal and irresponsible" says it all about a bank that is 81 per cent publicly owned but has no public allegiance.
Britain's latest jobless figures stand as stark condemnation of George Osborne's refusal to face reality and admit that his austerity agenda is a killer for jobs and workers' living standards.