PM meets leaders over Taliban risk
David Cameron will meet the Afghan and Pakistani presidents in the latest round of talks aimed at preventing a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan when British troops leave next year.
View ArticleAnalysis - Deadly Pemex blast tests Mexico's new president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A deadly blast at Mexican state oil firm Pemex's headquarters is the first key test of new President Pena Nieto's promise that his party has broken with a past of shady...
View ArticleIran hedges on nuclear talks with six powers or U.S
MUNICH (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it was open to a U.S. offer of direct talks on its nuclear programme and that six world powers had suggested a new round of nuclear negotiations this month, but...
View ArticleGreek seamen, farmers protest government cuts, reforms
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek seamen extended a strike to protest government austerity for a further 48 hours on Sunday, meaning that dozens of islands will have been cut off from the mainland for six days....
View ArticleCameron urged to delay gay marriage vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Members of British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party urged him on Sunday to delay a parliamentary vote this week on gay marriage, warning the issue could weaken the...
View ArticleTories urge gay marriage rethink
A group of current and former Conservative constituency chairman has handed in a letter to No 10 urging David Cameron to rethink his plans to allow gay marriage.
View ArticleGay Marriage: Tories Call For Delay To Vote
Around 180 Conservative MPs are reportedly poised to oppose or abstain in a vote on gay marriage to be held on Tuesday.
View ArticleChris Skidmore: Discovery of Richard III re-opens an important debate
Tory MP and historian Chris Skidmore writes for PoliticsHome saying the discovery of Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester gives us an opportunity to re-open the debate about one of...
View ArticleChris Skidmore: Discovery of Richard III re-opens important debate
Tory MP and historian Chris Skidmore writes for PoliticsHome saying the discovery of Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester gives us an opportunity to re-open the debate about one of...
View ArticleChris Skidmore MP: Discovery of Richard III re-opens important debate
The discovery of Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester gives us an opportunity to re-open the debate about one of our most well-known kings, writes Chris Skidmore MP.
View ArticleChris Skidmore: Discovery of Richard III will re-open an important debate
Tory MP and historian Chris Skidmore writes for PoliticsHome saying the discovery of Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester gives us an opportunity to re-open the debate about one of...
View ArticleKarzai questions drawdown motives
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has questioned the motives of Western forces ending their mission in his country as he prepares to resume talks with David Cameron.
View Article'Stomping on their graves': Police stole dead children's identities
The Metropolitan police is refusing to deny a report that its officers have used the identities of dead children when working undercover for decades.
View ArticleHuhne pleads guilty: Lib Dems face bloodbath in Eastleigh
Chris Huhne pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice today, in a move which will have catastrophic repercussions for the Liberal Democrats and him personally.
View ArticleBetrayed? City anger as Osborne electrifies bank ringfence
George Osborne's reluctance to push through a full split of banks' investment and retail arms has collapsed, prompting anger and recrimination from the City.
View ArticleStreet fighting: Mitchell and No 10 fall out as plebgate row continues
Andrew Mitchell and Downing Street have entered into a damaging war of words, as the former chief whip suggested the government tried to play down an alleged conspiracy by police officers.
View ArticleGeoffrey Clifton-Brown MP: Treatable, not terminal illnesses
Ensuring that people with terminal illnesses have access to medicine is an issue that should concern us all, writes Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP.
View ArticleHospital scandal families meet PM
Relatives of patients who died at a scandal-hit NHS hospital are to meet Prime Minister David Cameron, ahead of the publication of a report into what have been described as "appalling" standards of care.
View ArticleFree vote? Backbenchers pressured over gay marriage
Conservative MPs preparing to defy their leader over gay marriage are being told their career prospects are under threat, ahead of tomorrow's vote.
View ArticleMP call over undercover police IDs
Parents of dead children whose identities were used by undercover police must be told what has happened, an MP has said.
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