Addressing stunting can break the cycle of poverty and have significant social and economic impacts on the development of nations. However, at the moment the scale of stunting means that more than one quarter of the world's children cannot reach their full potential.

Lady Thatcher famously observed that women had to "show [men] that we're better than they are". This was not the feminism which promotes diversity in a world of women's frequently unrealised talent, where women at work juggle the competing, sometimes almost irresolvable, demands of work, parenthood and caring. She was, for sure, a great woman in a man's world, but she did it by beating them at their own game. She was no feminist icon, nor any role model for the many young women who, we must hope, will believe strongly enough in the decent power of politics to bring about change...

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David Miliband's decision to take up his "dream post" with International Rescue in New York marks the closing chapter in the Blairite saga. The Lab...

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Will Smith became the Fresh Prince of Brixton on Thursday morning as the US actor went on a walkabout with former culture secretary Tessa Jowell and s...

Shadow Olympics minister Tessa Jowell is quitting frontline politics after two decades in Labour's top team. The Labour MP was instrumental in secu...

Tessa Jowell sought an assurance from Tony Blair that he had made no deal with Rupert Murdoch on media regulation when she was appointed culture secre...

Ken Livingstone has overtaken Boris Johnson in the race to become London mayor, according to a poll by YouGov. The Labour candidate has managed to ...

Labour curtailed its plans for super-casinos in the face of a negative campaign by the Daily Mail in the run-up to a general election, a former minist...

Former Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has accepted £200,000 in damages after her phone was targeted by the News of the World. The Labour MP's la...

As we get closer to the Olympics in 2012, the promised legacy will come under increasing scrutiny.

New research has found that eight out of 10 Britons think that one parent should stay at home with the children, rather than go out to work. ...

Young people need to be given a stake in society, whether that is through getting on the housing ladder through a shared-equity home