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North Korean leader seeks end to confrontation with South
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 conflict, in...
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Thousands march against Hong Kong's leader
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands in Hong Kong protested on Tuesday against the city's leader Leung Chun-ying as pressure mounts against the Beijing-backed politician who has been embroiled in an illegal...
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Labour '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.
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McGuinness gives up seat in British parliament
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on Monday resigned from the British parliament after 15 years, during which he never actually took his seat.
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Press predicts rocky ride for Cameron in 2013
Newspapers welcomed in the New Year on Tuesday with a warning for Prime Minister David Cameron that he will have to lay a clear path to economic growth and national renewal in 2013.
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Cameron demands 'bold steps' at G8
David Cameron has told fellow G8 leaders they must start work now on preparing "bold steps" to take when they meet in Northern Ireland in June for the annual summit.
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Trade, tax, transparency on June G8 meet agenda - UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Trade, tax compliance and promoting greater transparency will be the main focus of the next meeting of leaders of the Group of Eight major economies in June, Britain said on...
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PM: G8 Summit 'Must Tackle Tax Avoidance'
David Cameron has told fellow G8 leaders they must work together at the forthcoming summit to tackle tax avoidance.
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A tax on work? Unhappy new year for rail commuters
Commuters heading back to work this morning have been hit by an average 4.2% hike in rail fares, marking a tenth consecutive year of increases for passengers.
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Central African Republic rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebels in Central African Republic said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace talks, averting a clash with regionally backed troops in...
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Benefit wars: IDS on offensive before uprating vote
Those out of work have seen their benefits increase nearly twice as quickly as the wages of those in the private sector in the last five years, it has emerged.
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Cameron hopes for transatlantic trade deal
Britain will attempt to achieve a major diplomatic coup by fostering talks towards an EU-US trade agreement in 2013, David Cameron has revealed.
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£30m business loans boost for young
Thousands more young people could get Dragons Den-style Government loans to help them turn business ideas into reality, David Cameron has announced.
View ArticleParty must be a party of merit, not tokenism
Tory MP Mark Pritchard says it would be misguided if his party's hierarchy were again tempted to 'set itself on a collision course with Conservative Associations' by trying to fast-track ethnic...
View ArticleMark Pritchard MP: Party must be a party of merit, not tokenism
Tory MP Mark Pritchard says it would be misguided if his party's hierarchy were again tempted to 'set itself on a collision course with Conservative Associations' by trying to fast-track ethnic...
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Falklands: 'Colonial' Britain lambasted by Argentina's Kirchner
Argentina has stepped up its war of words against Britain over the future of the Falklands, with an open letter from its president attacking the UK's continued sovereignty of the Islands.
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Betrayal of fallen heroes? Guardian attacked for Falklands advert
The Guardian has been widely condemned for publishing a full-page advert from the Argentinean president demanding the return of the Falklands islands.
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Lib Dem wants raid on rich pensioners to pay for spiralling care costs
Well-off pensioners should face cuts to their winter fuel allowance to help pay for "catastrophic" care costs, a former Liberal Democrat minister has said.
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Rail minister mocked for saying trains 'not that expensive'
Norman Baker has been roundly mocked for insisting train fare rises were "not nearly as expensive as has been presented", despite another inflation-busting rise to bring in the new year.
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PM rejects pensioner payment cuts
David Cameron has rejected calls to means-test winter fuel payments, insisting he would stick to an election pledge not to cut state help for pensioners.
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