Tessa Hadley, who was interviewed by the literary journalist Suzi Feay at Foyles bookshop in Charing Cross Road on Monday, finds this unhelpful: she said it seemed to suggest that her new collection of short stories, Married Love (the title is a...

But Diane Abbott’s resignation did not come as a huge surprise to some. Even though the government claims it will consult the public and MPs before making any changes – my source close to Dorries’ campaign said the decision was inevitable. “They won’t...

But she said she was leaving because the talks were little more than window dressing for the agenda of "Tea Party Tories" determined to prevent abortion providers, such as Marie Stopes and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, from offering counselling.

The cross-party group of 10 MPs, which includes Health Minister Anne Milton, and Tory right-wingers Nadine Dorries MP and Louise Mensch MP, have held private negotiations over the changes. However,

Marie Stopes International has confirmed that it will stop providing abortions beyond 24 weeks at the private clinic, where anaesthetist James Latham Peters allegedly infected more than 50 women with hepatitis C in 2008 and 2009. Investigations are...

AUSTRALIA'S only clinic offering late-term surgical abortions has scrapped them. The Croydon clinic will no longer give abortions to women post 24 weeks. Health Services Commissioner Beth Wilson said she was concerned it could lead some women to pursue...