Exposing previously secret salary differentials could help employers as well as employees, but knowledge does not always increase happiness

The US president’s decision to leave the summit in Canada early underlines the fact that America alone has the most influence on world events

As boats provided by increasingly brazen people traffickers pick up their customers within feet of French police, Labour’s immigration policy is sinking fast

The appointment of Blaise Metreweli as its first female ‘C’ marks a cultural watershed for Britain’s overseas intelligence ­service

The fiesta is over for the Spanish prime minister, whose reputation seemed impermeable despite repeated scandals

Sir Keir Starmer has made the right, if belated, decision to hold a national inquiry

Our canine friends and even guinea pigs are now being given birthday parties

System-wide change may require that GP services be absorbed by the NHS

Ayatollah Khamenei’s crumbling, repressive regime spurned a last chance for a deal on its nuclear research. It must be stopped

Some suggest cycle lanes should be fully separated from motor traffic