Labour left rebellion heats up
Figures on the left of Labour have seized on the intervention of Len McCluskey to force a change in party policy.
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: Private Eye's Hislop points finger at politicians
News International's excesses were partly caused by the Murdoch family being "deeply embedded in our political top class", Ian Hislop has told the Leveson inquiry.
View Article'West Lothian question' panel named
The members of an expert panel which will look into whether MPs in Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish seats should vote on laws affecting only England has been named by the Government.
View ArticleGreen party to unions: It’s time to support us now
The trade unions should give up on their relationship with the Labour party and support the Greens, the party has said.
View ArticleIsrael blasts UK deputy PM over settlement comment
LONDON (Reuters) - An Israeli minister called Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg irresponsible and ill-informed on Tuesday for condemning Israeli settlements as "deliberate vandalism" of efforts to...
View ArticleYemen unrest may force election delay - minister
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's presidential election set for February may be delayed by security concerns, its foreign minister said, raising the prospect that a U.S. and U.N.-backed plan to end months of...
View ArticleAlgeria says kidnapped governor freed on Libyan soil
ALGIERS (Reuters) - A kidnapped Algerian regional governor has been freed after his captors were intercepted inside Libya, officials said on Tuesday, an incident that will raise new concerns about...
View ArticleJohnson blasts 'delusional' critics
Former home secretary Alan Johnson has launched a furious retaliation against Ed Miliband's union critics, branding them "delusional".
View ArticleMiliband: End the 'rip-off' charges
Ed Miliband has called for an end to Britain's "rip-off consumer culture", insisting the Government should intervene on exorbitant charges for savings, holidays, banking and parking.
View ArticleLeaders to hold debt crisis talks
Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks on the eurozone debt crisis with the leader of one of the countries at the heart of the storm, Italy's Mario Monti.
View ArticleJoint murder law 'too complicated'
The law surrounding gang murder cases is now so complex that juries "may find it impossible to understand how to reach the right verdict", MPs have said.
View ArticleJohnson wades in as Miliband savours union fight
Alan Johnson has returned fire against trade unions, in a rare return to frontline politics.
View ArticleBritish site joins anti-censorship internet black out
A British organisation is joining Wikipedia, Reddit and other US websites in blacking out its service in protest against an anti-piracy law passing through the US Congress.
View ArticleMiliband demands consumer protection from 'surcharge culture'
The tendency of companies to add exorbitant surcharges on purchases should be limited by a consumer watchdog, Ed Miliband has said.
View ArticleUK should lead way in boosting Syria sanctions - Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should play a leading role in international efforts to step up sanctions against Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, calling Syrian President Bashar...
View ArticleCameron slams Argentinian 'colonialism' over Falklands
Prime Minister David Cameron accused Argentina Wednesday of "colonialism", adding to a simmering row over the Falkland Islands, over which the two countries fought a war 30 years ago.
View ArticleCameron hits out at 'colonial' Argentina over Falklands
Argentina has a more colonial attitude to the Falklands than the UK, prime minister David Cameron has told the Commons.
View ArticleUK scraps torture inquiry while police probe Libya cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain scrapped an inquiry into whether its security services knew about the torture of terrorism suspects overseas, because police have launched a separate investigation into...
View ArticleCameron responds to calls for more IMF funding
Britain is ready to boost its contribution to the International Monetary Fund to help countries in trouble, but not to support a specific currency, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday.
View ArticleLawyers 'should help committee MPs'
Lawyers should be able to put questions to some witnesses appearing before Commons committees to help stop MPs probing issues such as phone hacking looking like "junior Perry Masons", Tom Watson has said.
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