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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...

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Prosecutors 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...

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Prisoner 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.

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Cameron 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...

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Savile: 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.

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Van 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.

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Poll: 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.

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The 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.

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IDS: 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.

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Plaid: '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.

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Olympics 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...

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Ford 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...

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We 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".

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Osborne 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.

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Outrage 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.

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Extra 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...

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Cameron'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.

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Low 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.

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PM 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.

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Britain 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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