Recession leads to... happiness?
The period of economic turmoil since the financial crisis has actually coincided with an increase in people's wellbeing, an official study has found.
View ArticleMPs' Expenses: Landlords' Details Kept Secret
Officials have refused to reveal details about more than 50 MPs renting second homes using taxpayers' money.
View ArticleClegg: "PCC elections not my policy"
Nick Clegg looked to distance himself and his party from last week's disastrous police commissioner elections during deputy prime ministers questions today.
View ArticleNadine Dorries outrage grows - but coalition won't bring forward recall plans
Public anger over MP Nadine Dorries' reality TV adventure on I'm A Celebrity has not prompted the coalition to accelerate its moves to introduce a recall law for MPs.
View ArticleUK recognises Syrian opposition
Foreign secretary William Hague has announced the UK will formally recognise the Syrian opposition as the country's legitimate government.
View ArticleNorthern Ireland to host G8 summit in 2013
The G8 summit of the world's eight richest nations will be held in Northern Ireland next year, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Tuesday.
View ArticleBritain recognises Syrian opposition coalition
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recognised the fledgling Syrian National Coalition on Tuesday, joining France in saying the opposition group was the "sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people"....
View ArticleCoulson and Brooks facing charges
David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson is facing charges linked to alleged bribery to get information that included contact details for members of the royal family.
View ArticleCoulson and Brooks to be charged over illegal payments
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business, were charged on Tuesday with...
View ArticleG8 to meet at Co Fermanagh resort
An administration-hit luxury hotel in Northern Ireland's lakelands has signed the booking of a lifetime after David Cameron confirmed it as the venue for next year's G8 summit.
View ArticleStudent protests return to the streets of London
Mass student protests will return to the streets of London today for the first time since the violent riots which hit the capital two years ago.
View ArticleRosie Cooper MP: NHS should embrace mobile technology
The NHS has to make the most of mobile communications technology if it is to respond to the unprecedented challenges it currently faces, writes Rosie Cooper MP.
View ArticleJohn Stevenson MP: We need to stop relying on London for growth
Much has been said about the need to rebalance the economy, but is it not time we started looking into rebalancing the country, writes John Stevenson MP.
View ArticleJapan exports drop again, adds to recession worry
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports fell in annual terms for a fifth month in October, hurt by the fallout from a diplomatic row with China and feeble global demand, a further sign the economy may be...
View ArticleEuro zone, IMF fail to strike Greek debt deal
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's international lenders failed for the second week running to agree how to get the country's debt down to a sustainable level and will have a third go in six days'...
View ArticleAnalysis - China courts friends in region; for others a show of strength
PHNOM PENH/BEIJING (Reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama and more than a dozen leaders arrived in Cambodia for a regional summit meeting this week, only one of them was feted with banners strung...
View ArticleMary Glindon MP: Removing housing benefit for under-25s is a cheap trick
Response: Rick Henderson, Chief Executive of the umbrella body Homeless Link
View Article16,500 children at risk of serious sexual exploitation
A report published today says there are thousands of children at risk of sexual and violent abuse at the hands of organised criminal gangs.
View ArticleProtesters occupy G4S office over Israel contract
Over 50 campaigners occupied the offices of security firm G4S last night, in protest at the firm's supply of equipment to Israeli forces in Gaza.
View ArticleCameron: Church of England needs to 'get with the programme'
The prime minister launched a blistering attack on the Church of England today, after it voted against allowing women bishops.
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