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Syria response may show the limits of the PM’s authority
The government has snapped back at headlines saying it’s thrown in the towel on joining the US in attacking Syria. Is the Prime Minister discovering the limits of his authority?
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George Osborne says he is spending an “unprecedented” amount on the NHS. So why do critics insist there is a historic squeeze on budgets?
The government has snapped back at headlines saying it’s thrown in the towel on joining the US in attacking Syria. Is the Prime Minister discovering the limits of his authority?
To tackle the obesity crisis, a “sugar tax” should be levied, alongside other measures to restrict the marketing of high sugar foods and drinks to children, health officials recommend.
It’s the best news in dementia research for years. So why is no one celebrating?
Government advisers warn that the British diet should be made up of no more than 5 per cent sugar – just seven teaspoons and half of the current advice.
The supreme court orders the government to prepare new plans to improve air quality within three months, whoever is in power. The UK has exceeded European air pollution limits every year since 2010.
A new report is urging councils to find out where lonely elderly people are living – so they can reach out and offer help.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage says he wants to return to a time when children played football in the streets in the evening. But what is stopping them playing there now?
Eating peanut products at a young age dramatically cuts the risk of allergy, research suggests. Here are five other food studies that busted public opinion.
David Cameron says it is “not fair” that taxpayers are asked to fund sickness benefits for people with treatable conditions who refuse to seek help.
More people are beating cancer today than ever before, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK, who argue that the disease may no longer be “beyond us”.
A new trial is trying to establish whether a pregnant mother’s diet could result in a predisposition to obesity later the child’s life. What does this mean for how we treat overweight people?
Who were the heroes and villains of 2014 for Channel 4 News’s award-winning FactCheck blog?
Researchers have identified a new family of methane-producing bacteria called Chistensenellaceae that are found in nearly everybody’s guts, but are more prevalent in the bellies of thin people.
Are you eating a salad tonight and thinking of having a glass of wine? If so, you could be consuming the calorific equivalent of a doughnut or a hamburger.