Blair: Howard is exploiting Dixon

Tony Blair today angrily accused the Conservative leader, Michael Howard, of the exploiting the pain of Margaret Dixon in order to denigrate the NHS.

Never mind the superbugs

Helen Pidd on the hospital killers that really are terrifying.

Obesity weighs heavily on Blair’s seat

The Labour heartland of County Durham and Tees Valley contains the highest proportion of obese people in England, according to Department of Health figures.

Childhood obesity fears ‘exaggerated’

Government claims that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions are 'over-hyped' and 'exaggerated', a thinktank has claimed.