Respect MP also plans to disrupt plans to cancel PMQ's to allow MPs and peers to attend service

2002 – Commission for Health Improvement publishes highly critical report describing  lack of governance, poor culture and some staff “under constant pressure.”

So who has the toughest job in PR going into 2013? In years past the gong regularly went to the communications director of British Airways, an airline with a historic adeptness for shooting itself in the foot, from disputes with staff to ridiculous tailfins. But these days, BA is avoiding turbulence, with sure-footed boss Willie Walsh even threatening to give PRmeister Sir Richard Branson a “knee in the groin”. Hence current PR supremo Paul Marston can afford to feel relatively relaxed over the festive season. BA's challenge, after a stellar sponsorship of the Olympics, will be creating an equivalent buzz during 2013.

A train company which has been forced to cancel hundreds of services due to a shortage of crew could face action from the Department for Transport (DfT), MPs were told.

South London NHS Healthcare Trust was haemorrhaging around £1m a week

Companies planning to advertise with football teams should undergo a “fit and proper” test, MPs heard today, as the row over Wonga's link-up with Newcastle United continued.

Instead of an outright ban on activities deemed "undesirable" - like getting off your head on booze - the state is trying to render them socially inacceptable

Regulator's future in doubt as claims of secret psychiatric assessment are greeted with outrage

Government revives plans to limit individual cost of care to £35,000, despite Treasury concerns

It didn't take long for the naysayers to react. "Don't poison your children," tweeted one mother in response to the Government's announcement yesterday that all children aged from two to 17 would be offered the flu vaccine.

The Health Secretary has reopened talks with doctors following their industrial action over the Government's controversial pension reforms.

The coalition was today accused of “ducking” crucial elderly care funding reforms as ministers delayed taking a final decision on capping care costs but indicated the limit could be set as high as £100,000.

Relatively low interest rates are likely, with the "loans" covering the fees recouped when the home is eventually sold or when the person dies