Labour's living wage plans 'may be illegal'
Downing Street has questioned moves by Labour to force contractors to pay their employees the living wage.
View ArticleCameron 'taking close interest' in Tory paedophile case
The prime minister is taking a "close interest" into claims of a child abuse ring involving a Tory grandee, his spokesman said today.
View ArticleSalesman Cameron in Middle East on new arms trade tour
David Cameron is in the Middle East today, angering campaigners who oppose his efforts to sell Typhoon jets to countries with questionable human rights records.
View ArticleDelicate Diplomacy On Cameron Gulf Arms Tour
David Cameron is attempting to cement major UK arms sales and bolster relations with allies on a three-day tour of the Gulf and Middle East.
View ArticleCameron studying Conservative child abuse claim
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is looking at an allegation by a paedophile victim who told the BBC that an unidentified Conservative Party figure had abused children in social care...
View ArticleCameron visits Gulf to sell jets, discuss security
British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Monday as he kicked of a three-day Gulf visit aimed at enhancing ties and selling jets, reports said.
View ArticleCameron seeks arms deals, says supports Arab Spring
DUBAI (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron sought to balance concern over human rights in Gulf Arab states with winning lucrative arms deals for Britain as he started a tour of the region on...
View ArticlePM defends Middle East arms sales
Arms sales to Middle East allies are "completely legitimate and right", David Cameron said as he faced criticism from human rights campaigners over a trade and diplomacy mission to Gulf states.
View ArticlePM orders investigation of politician abuse claims
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday ordered an urgent investigation into the way claims of sexual abuse decades ago at a care home were handled following assertions that a senior politician...
View ArticleSenior figure for abuse probe: PM
David Cameron has ordered an investigation into whether an official inquiry into child abuse in North Wales did its job properly following allegations a senior Tory was involved in the scandal.
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men - opposition
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province on Monday, an opposition group said, in what would be one of the bloodiest single attacks on...
View ArticleProsecutors seek death for U.S. soldier charged in Afghan rampage
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Military prosecutors said on Monday they would seek the death penalty for a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers when he ventured out of his camp on two...
View ArticleU.S. voters to render verdict in close White House race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face the verdict of U.S. voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter White House campaign, with polls showing them...
View ArticleMPs roast taxman over Starbucks tax bill
LONDON (Reuters) - MPs tore into the chief of the tax authority on Monday for allowing coffee chain Starbucks to pay almost no corporation tax despite selling coffee and snacks worth billions of pounds...
View ArticleCameron orders investigation of child abuse claims
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an investigation on Monday into the way claims of child abuse in Wales were examined after a victim said an unidentified Conservative Party...
View ArticleProtesters stage Parliament rally
More than 200 anti-capitalist protesters gathered outside Parliament tonight.
View ArticleMPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
View ArticleMerkel to Brussels, London amid thorny EU debate
Amid wrangling over the EU's budget, German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to London on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron after first outlining her views on the bloc's future in...
View ArticleAnti-capitalist protest outside parliament
Around 200 anti-capitalist protestors, many affiliated to the Occupy movement, gathered outside parliament late Monday in a demonstration against government cuts.
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