Gordon Brown set out his government's priorities yesterday as he unveiled his legislative plans between now and the general election. Chief leader writer Julian Glover assesses the merits of the package and its likely impact on Brown's political fortunes. Steven Morris asks voters in Swindon – one of the areas hit hardest by recession – what they think.
Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced yesterday to 150 years in prison – the maximum sentence. Dan Roberts, the Guardian's head of business, says the judge sent a powerful signal.
Hundreds of women over the age of 40 are travelling abroad for fertility treatment every month, according to the first Europe-wide study of fertility tourism. It was revealed at the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Amsterdam, from where Sarah Boseley, our health editor, reports.
Rory Carroll, our Latin American correspondent, explains why the military seized control in Honduras, and looks at the reaction of the international community.
