Business secretary Vince Cable the 20% rise in net immigration is caused by fewer Briton’s leaving the UK to live overseas. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA Tensions over immigration within the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition resurfaced today, when Vincent Cable urged his colleagues... 

Male and female patients in a mixed hospital ward. Photograph: Mediscan/Alamy Mixed-sex wards on the NHS have been the subject of manifesto pledges and political promises for over a decade. Labour promised to abolish them in 1997. Now, 13 years later, the coalition government has vowed to do... 

Marius Kloppers, the boss of BHP Billiton, will fly to the US for talks with investors who also have shares in Potash. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/REUTERS Marius Kloppers, the chief executive of BHP Billiton, will fly to America next week for face-to-face talks with investors controlling at least... 

A worthy endeavour? Photograph: Alamy Men are rubbish at looking after themselves. If something’s troubling them, most grin and bear it rather than see their GP, and that goes double if the problem’s “personal”. But what if it could be typed out online? Would they...