Wrong benefit payments continue - The level of fraud and mistakes in the benefit system remains largely unchanged, says the Department of Work & Pensions. [Business News]

MP’s expenses - I was in the environs of Westminster last evening. I had to leave the event I was at early: if I’d stayed after 9.45 I could not have caught the last train home. And as I did not wish to stay in London overnight that was the end of the matter: leave I did.

Two Labour peers face suspension - Two Labour peers face suspension from Parliament for six months after being found guilty of misconduct. [Front Page News]

Let’s have some real extremists - Will Self has said:

Rape audit to find out why so few win justice -
Rape victims are to be asked why they feel that they are being failed by the criminal justice system as new research suggests that Britain has the lowest conviction rates in Europe.

Miliband seeks private plane hire - The government has defended its plan to hire a private plane for the use of Foreign Secretary David Miliband. [Front Page News]

Prayers on Madeleine anniversary - Prayers are said in the McCanns' home village, exactly two years since their daughter Madeleine went missing. [Front Page News]

Defying threats, fighting oppression: the woman leading protests in Afghanistan -
They were stoned, spat on and assaulted, but when 200 women staged Afghanistan’s first public women’s rights protest since the 1970s their voices were heard around the world.

Pregnant Briton may face firing squad over Laos drugs charge -

Miliband's lawyers try to block CIA report on torture cliams -