The Corporate Killing law that comes into force today doesn't allow for the prosecution of individual directors, only companies, say the TUC.

Belated realisation that the Labour government's abolition of the 10p starter tax rate means that they're about to tax the lowest-earners at a higher rate.

Looks like the UK's much-vaunted withdrawal of troops from Basra (to let the Iraqi "government" take over, not because they were driven out, oh no) has gone into reverse. 150 Scots troops are out on the streets of the city in a move spun as their being "embedded" with the Iraqis.