Miliband's new year's resolution: Come up with some policies
The Labour party will begin providing detailed policy proposals next year, Ed Miliband has promised in his new year's message.
View Article'Jobs enigma' not going away
Britain's bafflingly positive employment figures are set to continue to confuse economists into 2013.
View ArticlePM warned over EU crime opt out
David Cameron has been warned by a senior Brussels official that Britain's withdrawal from European Union law and order measures would leave paedophiles and criminals "running around freely in the...
View ArticleMerkel challenger under fire for saying chancellor underpaid
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck was widely criticised on Sunday, even by his own centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), for saying German leaders were underpaid. Steinbrueck has...
View ArticleOld Aleppo, frontline ghost town of ruined treasures
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - A 13th century mosque is shuttered, its tottering minaret struck at the base by a shell. Snipers fire from nests atop the immense stone walls of the citadel, where ancient...
View ArticlePakistan militants kill 41 in mass execution, attack on Shi'ites
PESHWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging assertions that...
View ArticleCameron leads tributes to Rees-Mogg
David Cameron has paid tribute to "Fleet Street legend" Lord Rees-Mogg, who has died after a short illness aged 84.
View ArticlePM: UK heading in right direction
David Cameron used his New Year's message to declare that Britain is "heading in the right direction" on all the big issues and can look forward to 2013 with "realism and optimism".
View ArticleUK is on the right track, says Cameron
Britain is "heading in the right direction", Prime Minister David Cameron said in a New Year's message released on Sunday.
View ArticleCameron: Britain 'On Right Track' For 2013
David Cameron has used his New Year's message to declare that Britain is "heading in the right direction" on all the big issues and can look forward to 2013 with "realism and optimism".
View ArticleHillsborough smear former MP dies
The former Conservative MP who helped smear Liverpool fans after the Hillsborough disaster has died, it was reported.
View ArticleEx-MP Involved In Hillsborough Smear Dies
Former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick who helped smear Liverpool fans after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has died aged 83.
View ArticleFormer Tory MP Patnick dies aged 83
Former Conservative MP Irvine Patnick, who was recently forced to apologise for repeating "inaccurate" claims about the Hillsborough disaster, has died aged 83, his family said Sunday.
View ArticleCall over plans for gay marriage
The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has urged the faithful to write to their MPs "as soon as possible" to oppose the Government's plans for gay marriage.
View ArticleCameron insists Britain making 'progress' into 2013
Britain is "on the right track", David Cameron has insisted in his new year's message.
View ArticleSinn Fein's McGuinness quits Westminster non-job
Martin McGuinness is stepping down as the MP for Mid-Ulster - despite never having actually taken his seat in Westminster.
View ArticleHillsborough 'deceit' ex-MP Irvine Patnick dies
Hillsborough victims and their families are lamenting the death of Sir Irvine Patnick - because he will not be 'held responsible' for his role in the Hillsborough tragedy cover-up.
View ArticleLabour 'squandered £10bn' on tax credit blunders
Labour's tax credit system resulted in £10 billion being wasted on fraud and error, Iain Duncan Smith has claimed.
View ArticleCentral African Republic president urges rebels to let him finish his term
BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic President Francois Bozize on Tuesday urged rebels threatening to enter the capital to lay down their arms and allow him to complete his term. Fighters...
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