Sudan says Israel behind arms factory fire
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Four military planes attacked an arms factory in Khartoum where there was a huge fire overnight, a Sudanese minister said on Wednesday, blaming Israel for the air strike. "Four...
View ArticleProsecutors to review Savile abuse claims
The child sex abuse scandal surrounding Jimmy Savile spread from the BBC to British prosecutors Wednesday as Prime Minister David Cameron announced a review of a 2009 decision not to charge the late...
View ArticlePrisoner Votes: PM Defiant Blanket Ban Will Stay
David Cameron has flatly ruled out giving prisoners the vote after Conservative MPs reacted angrily to speculation that the coalition was planning legislation on the controversial issue.
View ArticleCameron hints at 'good news' on eve of vital GDP data
British Prime Minister David Cameron sparked a political row on Wednesday after declaring that "good news will keep coming" on the economy this week, hinting at the outcome of key growth data due on...
View ArticleSavile: Police Files From 2009 To Be Reviewed
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer is to review legal papers relating to abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile, David Cameron has said.
View ArticleVan Rompuy in talks with Cameron
Wrangling over planned hikes in the EU budget are likely to loom large when European Council president Herman van Rompuy meets David Cameron for talks in Downing Street.
View ArticlePoll: Police cuts make two-thirds feel unsafe
Sixty-five per cent of people feel less safe due to the number of cuts to police officers, according to a survey released today ahead ofpolice and crime commissioner elections.
View ArticleThe cloud in the silver lining: GDP grows due to 'special factors'
Britain finally emerged from recession today, but in a manner which inspired little confidence from economists.
View ArticleIDS: Have more than two kids and we'll take away benefits
Families dependent on benefits could have the amount they receive limited when they have two children, the work and pensions secretary said today.
View ArticlePlaid: 'London's axe will not break our ambition'
Plaid Cymru will stand in staunch opposition to the spending cuts planned by the UK coalition government, its leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will say in a speech at the party's conference on Friday.
View ArticleOlympics helps Britain leap out of recession
LONDON (Reuters) - Olympics spending fuelled Britain's strongest quarterly growth in five years, springboarding the country out of recession in the third quarter, data showed on Thursday It provided...
View ArticleFord axes British van plant to stem Europe losses
LONDON/BASILDON, England (Reuters) - Ford will stop making vans in Britain next year, with the potential loss of 2,000 jobs, a union leader said, as part of a plan by the U.S. car maker to drag its...
View ArticleWe are on right economic track: PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed Britain's emergence from double-dip recession as a sign that "we are on the right track, we have got the right approach".
View ArticleOsborne refuses to say if he's ever travelled standard class
George Osborne refused to confirm if he had ever travelled in standard class on a rail journey, during an unexpectedly difficult interview today.
View ArticleOutrage as climate change sceptic appointed to energy committee
Peter Lilley has been appointed to the energy and climate change select committee, provoking an angry response from climate change campaigners.
View ArticleExtra security for cull ministers
Ministers and civil servants involved in the Government's controversial badger cull policy have been placed under extra security to protect against the threat from animal rights extremists, MPs have...
View ArticleCameron's iPad 'donated by Apple'
David Cameron is using an iPad that was donated by Apple, according to a list of gifts disclosed by the Government.
View ArticleLow level of bank switching despite scandals
Consumers are afraid to switch banks despite growing concerns with their own, a senior financial services regulator has warned.
View ArticlePM cautioned over economic data
David Cameron has been cautioned by a watchdog over the potential for undermining public trust in official statistics after he was accused of giving an early hint of secret economic data.
View ArticleBritain cannot support steep increase in EU budget: Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron warned European Council president Herman van Rompuy at talks on Thursday that Britain could not support a sharp increase in the EU budget at a time of austerity in the bloc.
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