Beer lovers frothing with anger ahead of Budget
Politics is heading into British pubs and bars ahead of the Budget, as campaigners take on the steadily increasing cost of a pint of beer.
View ArticleNHS boss hunted over 'diabolical' patient deaths
Conservative MPs are set to take on embattled NHS chief executive David Nicholson by signing a motion urging him to resign.
View ArticleWest Coast rail fiasco costs taxpayer over £50 mln: MPs
The West Coast rail franchise fiasco will cost taxpayers at least £50 million due to a failure to get "basic processes right", MPs said in a scathing report released Tuesday.
View ArticleMP 'told Clegg of Rennard concerns'
A female former Liberal Democrat MP has said she told Nick Clegg about allegations surrounding the party's then chief executive Lord Rennard shortly after he became leader in 2007.
View ArticleThe Bedroom Tax is in chaos. Yet Ministers bury their heads in the sand
Writing for Central Lobby, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne accuses ministers of "burying their heads in the sand" as the bedroom tax plans "descened into farce".
View ArticleSarah Teather MP: Support systems are failing asylum seeking families and...
How many of us could manage to live on £5 pounds a day? I don’t think it’s presumptuous to assume that most people, if not all, would struggle.
View ArticleEastleigh: Could Ukip win it?
Campaigners were increasingly weighing up the prospect of a shock Ukip victory in Eastleigh this morning, as candidates took to the streets for the last day of campaigning before the polls open.
View ArticleSNP climbdown over EU membership
An independent Scotland would have to apply for membership of the European Union, the SNP has conceded.
View ArticleUK must turn its back on gas boilers to meet carbon targets
Gas boilers for home heating will have to be virtually eliminated by 2050 if the UK is to meet its carbon reduction targets, according to a new report.
View ArticleLondon's hedge funds brace for bonus curbs
LONDON (Reuters) - It's all go at Peter Stratford's Aston Martin dealership in London. "There is more money than there was before," he said, pointing to a recent 1 million pound sale. "Aston Martin...
View ArticleEU regulators block Ryanair's third bid for Aer Lingus
BRUSSELS/DUBLIN (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have blocked a third attempt by Ryanair to buy Irish rival Aer Lingus , a ruling Europe's biggest low-cost airline called politically motivated and...
View ArticleAlgerian in "Jihad Jane" case pleads guilty to Irish charge
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Algerian at the centre of the so-called Jihad Jane conspiracy unexpectedly pleaded guilty during an Irish proceeding on Wednesday that may hasten his extradition to the United...
View ArticleExpert pours cold water on fracking hopes
Shale gas should not be seen as the answer to Britain's energy production issues "anytime soon", according to a leading academic.
View ArticleRatings cut shows need to pare deficit faster - Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday a decision by Moody's to cut Britain's top-notch triple A credit rating underlined the need to step up efforts to reduce the...
View ArticleCameron vows to cut deficit 'further and faster'
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that his government needed to slash the deficit "further and faster" after Moody's ratings agency stripped the country of its cherished top-level AAA...
View ArticleForgotten something? National security council skips Army cuts discussion
MPs and peers were left "stunned" when they discovered the national security council (NSC) had not considered changes to the way the Army is structured, according to a report out today.
View ArticleRBS: Your bank just lost £5bn of your money
State-owned RBS' pre-tax losses jumped from £766 million in 2011 to £5.17 billion in 2012, the bank has announced.
View ArticleCampaigners 'shaming NHS chief' into resigning
NHS chief executive David Nicholson faces a silent vigil from protesters in Manchester today, as pressure on him to resign continues to step up.
View ArticleIt's finally over: Eastleigh goes to the polls
Voters in Eastleigh will go the polls with a sigh of relief today, after a frantic by-election campaign which has seen Westminster's politicians and journalists descend en masse to the Hampshire...
View ArticleStafford hospital's future in doubt after watchdog 'special administration' move
Stafford hospital has become the first foundation hospital to be put into special administration.
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