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Syria's stockpiles of nerve gas are being destroyed, but are there enough international controls to stop other rogue states and terrorists getting the chemicals to make their own?

With the NHS inviting in private companies to deliver services, what do we know about the deals being struck? Does commercial confidentiality make public accountability impossible?

The Government's flagship Work Programme is supposed to offer a personalised service helping long term claimants off benefits and into employment. Is it measuring up to the job?

Why has there been a rise in deaths among people who take the drug ecstasy? Health agencies are concerned about criminals who are now cooking up their own toxic amphetamines.

The government wants 170,000 new affordable homes by 2015. But with social landlords under pressure from spending cuts and benefit reforms, can they deliver?

Who are the British fighters in Syria - patriots helping defeat a tyrannical regime or jihadists with a more sinister agenda? And could they be a threat on their return to the UK?

As the government steps up its campaign for HS2, Gerry Northam asks who will benefit and who will suffer if the project goes ahead.

What will the Government's plan to produce more low-carbon energy do to our fuel bills?

With growing concern about the extent of state surveillance, Jenny Chryss examines the little known body that hears complaints from those who feel they've been unfairly targeted.

After the factory tragedy in which 1100 garment workers died, Jane Deith reports from Bangladesh on the response of the international companies which source cheap clothes there.

Should suicides among psychiatric patients be subject to the same level of independent investigation as deaths in prison or police custody? Gerry Northam investigates.

With Britain burning more and more coal it ought to be boom time for the country's remaining mines. So why is the industry here collapsing in chaos and confusion?

As the European Parliament prepares to vote on controversial new tobacco laws, Jane Deith asks whether industry lobbying is threatening to derail the legislation.

With increasing attention on who’s paying what to the taxman, Fran Abrams asks whether we need more controls on the use of charities for tax avoidance.

The crisis in A&E has moved hospitals back up the political agenda. But does the real problem lie in the way they're paid for the care they're supposed to provide?