Public Sector

The Government will publish its Public Health White Paper later today, but it will not include strategies on food, obesity, alcohol and tobacco, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley outlines the Government’s public health plans for England – saying he wants to “nudge” rather than push people in the right direction.

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police says the “game had changed” after chaotic scenes punctuated this week’s student protests over higher tuition fees.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley tells MPs there is an “unprecedented level of resources available to the NHS” as a Channel 4 News FactCheck finds evidence of new cuts.

David Cameron’s enterprise adviser Lord Young has been asked to quit after being given an “almighty roasting” by the prime minister, says our Political Correspondent, Cathy Newman.

Over the coming weeks, parents will be told how they are failing their children, starting with next Thursday’s SureStart evaluation. But how will voters respond to the criticism, asks Gaby Hinsliff.

The Prime Minister has denied the G20 summit is “meaningless” and given his views on the student protests and waterboarding in a wide-ranging interview with Political Editor Gary Gibbon.

BBC TV and radio news programmes were disrupted today after thousands of staff went on strike in a pensions row. Channel 4 News looks at what programmes are on, and off.

Today’s BBC strike is a “foretaste of things to come” as budget cuts hit the national broadcaster, former Channel 5 Chief Executive David Elstein tells Channel 4 News.

MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.

MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.

Universities Minister David Willetts unveils plans to hike university tuition fees to up to £9,000, which Labour branded a “tragedy”. Gary Gibbon says many will welcome the only viable deal.

Tens of thousands of convicted prisoners in the UK are to get the right to vote after a European ruling found the present 140-year-old ban breaches human rights.

Councils spend millions on sick days, redundancy payouts, and incentives to get staff to come to work including fruit baskets and M&S vouchers, a Channel 4 News investigation discovers.

As the UK and France agree to share military capabilities including aircraft carriers, a defence expert tells Channel 4 News he is surprised at the “sexy” top-level deal.