No major change possible to deal capping EU bankers' bonuses - Ireland's Noonan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union cannot make any big changes to its recent agreement to cap the size of bonuses for bankers despite pressure from Britain, Ireland's finance minister Michael...
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NHS chief blames politicians for Mid-Staffs tragedy
The man held responsible for the unnecessary deaths of thousands of patients across the NHS has blamed politicians for their demise.
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SamCam bakes cakes for Comic Relief
Samantha Cameron has put the dough into Downing Street as she did her bit for charity by baking cakes for Comic Relief.
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Seven decades later, UK troops finally leaving Germany for good
British troops are to retreat from Germany for the first time since the end of the Second World War, it has been confirmed.
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Third of Britons would consider voting for anti-EU party UKIP
LONDON (Reuters) - More than a third of voters would consider voting for a party that backs Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, a poll published on Tuesday showed, adding to growing pressure...
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NHS boss vows to stay on despite Staffordshire failings
NHS boss Sir David Nicholson said Tuesday he was "absolutely determined" to stay in the job as he was grilled by MPs over serious failings in patient care in Staffordshire.
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FSA says failed to act fast enough on Libor
LONDON (Reuters) - The FSA said it should have been faster in spotting how banks "lowballed" Libor benchmark interest rates but stopped short of admitting to major regulatory failure. After pressure...
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Nursing council 'tackling failings'
The regulator for nurses and midwives has "fallen down" on its task of enforcing acceptable standards of practice in recent years, MPs have said.
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Unionists hit out at Kia Provo name
Korean car maker Kia has faced calls from MPs to rebrand its latest model because it shares its name with the Provisional IRA.
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Miliband: Low-Skill Immigration Is Too High
Ed Miliband will today admit that Britain has to slash the number of low-skilled migrants coming to the UK to work.
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The death of Hugo Chavez: UK pays tribute
British politicians were offering broadly sympathetic appraisals of Hugo Chavez today, after the Venezuelan leader finally succumbed to cancer.
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'We cannot afford another Savile': New moves to tackle child sex abuse
Sprawling guidelines on prosecuting suspected paedophiles are to be revised with a single policy to prevent another Jimmy Savile scandal, the director of public prosecutions is set to announce.
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Ministers scratch heads over immigration and benefits clampdown
Ministers are wrestling with Britain's immigration headache later, as Ed Miliband again tries to make some headway with voters on the issue.
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Kia's Provo Car Model Angers Unionist MPs
Korean car maker Kia has faced calls from MPs to rename its new Provo concept car because the name was also used to refer to the Provisional IRA.
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Cameron out of touch - Miliband
Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused the Prime Minister of being "totally out of touch" for attempting to protect bankers' bonuses while disabled people with spare rooms were being hit by the...
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PM slammed over health row comments
Labour has accused David Cameron of a "shabby" attempt to politicise the Mid-Staffordshire health scandal after the Prime Minister put some of the blame for hospital deaths on the target culture...
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Cameron talks tough, wants bonus plan tweaks
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he wanted to ensure EU plans to limit bankers' bonuses did not threaten the national interest, but it later became clear that Britain...
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BNP voters could turn to Ukip, Hodge fears
Ukip's "xenophobic" anti-immigrant message could win over the support of far-right voters in next year's elections, Margaret Hodge has warned.
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Cable breaks cover to reject coalition's Plan A
Vince Cable has publicly called for the coalition to abandon one of its fundamental deficit reduction targets, putting the Cabinet's unity on deficit reduction into disarray.
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BBC cuts Frankie Boyle after Comic Relief Queen joke
Controversial comedian Fankie Boyle was cut from a BBC Three broadcast of a Comic Relief event last night after he joked that he wished the Queen had died.
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