Meg Hillier MP, Minister for Identity, was right when she said, “Whenever identity cards are mentioned it's always been with the word ‘controversial’.”

Is David Cameron right to claim that people are dying because they cannot get access to cancer drugs?

The British system really does treat electors like idiots.

So: are the opinion polls having a good election or a bad election? It is impossible to know.

This is supposed to be the election where the “new media” makes its mark – Twitter, Facebook, political blogging and YouTube, mobilising support, exchanging views and shaking up t

Mephedrone will soon join the list of banned drugs, as a result of the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to classify it as a Class B drug alongside cannabis and amphetamines.

The Conservative Party’s election manifesto asserts: “The difference in male life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas in our country is now greater than during Victori

When a political party puts enormous weight on a single issue, you’d hope they have their facts right about it.

Tomorrow a court in Antwerp is expected to rule that Holland’s worst-ever serial killer is innocent of the charges for which she was jailed for life in 2004.

The argument over the retention of “innocent” DNA profiles has descended to a new low as the election approaches.