Politicians should be recess-ready, which is not packing socks but being prepared for political storms

The number of mothers who are their household's main breadwinner has soared by over 80 per cent in the last 15 years

Ian Austin, a former aide to Gordon Brown, posted tweet after the Conservatives poached Barack Obama's campaign chief, Jim Messina, for the 2015 battle

Minister says hospitals must 'get a grip' over invasion of privacy just hours after women give birth

A lot of Tories think the North is bandit country and it's amazing what disparaging things Londoners will say without realising they’re being personally offensive

For the Conservatives, they are a plea to voters not to desert them for Ukip. For the Lib Dems, they are a perfect opportunity to appeal to their own core supporters

The announcement that Jane Austen is to feature on a £10 note is cheering news indeed. Our next three monarchs may be men, but at least the other side of the note will be a woman. If it had been my choice for a great female novelist on a tenner, I would have gone for one of the Brontë sisters. I've always preferred the gothic psychological thrillers of Charlotte and Emily to Austen's galloping middle-class froth. But I'm heartily in favour of people called Jane being given prominence, so, all in all, it is a good thing.

More than 50,000 people with dementia will miss out on a diagnosis over the next two years despite a pledge by David Cameron to improve check-ups and monitoring by GPs, figures reveal.

Scientists have discovered why some plants grow tall and upright and others spread out wide, in a breakthrough that could revolutionise agriculture, potentially boosting crop production worldwide.

A new study shows that children’s ability to learn new vocabulary is being limited by text messages, emails and online entertainment