Factbox - Osborne to set out growth plans on November 29
LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne will unveil long-awaited plans to boost the flagging economy on November 29. He has already ruled out spending any additional cash and has vowed to stick to...
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PM 'misguided' on Lib Dems' power
David Cameron has been "very misguided" in allowing the Liberal Democrats too much power in the coalition, Ann Widdecombe has claimed as she talked of her hurt at being denied a peerage.
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Bank levy being hiked to maintain revenue - reports
LONDON (Reuters) - The Treasury will increase the rate of a tax on bank balance sheets to maintain the 2.5 billion pounds of revenue it aims to collect each year, media reports said on Saturday....
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Iran parliament votes to downgrade Britain ties
Iran's parliament voted Sunday to downgrade diplomatic and economic ties with Britain in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Iran parliament votes to expel British ambassador
Iran's parliament voted Sunday to expel Britain's ambassador in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Iran parliament votes to expel British ambassador
Iran's parliament voted on Sunday to expel Britain's ambassador in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Boris more influential than PM
Boris Johnson has triumphed over David Cameron to be named the most influential man in Britain.
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Miliband: Families feeling squeeze
Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to warn Chancellor George Osborne not to tighten the "squeeze" on ordinary families when he delivers his autumn statement.
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Jo Yeates suspect to give evidence at Leveson
A man dubbed "weird", "creepy" and "disturbing" by the press will appear before the Leveson inquiry today, to describe the character assassination he suffered at the hands of the media.
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Osborne finds cash for 'shovel-ready' projects
The Treasury is to make £5 billion available for infrastructure projects to boost Britain's struggling economic recovery, George Osborne will announce.
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Double-dip now underway, OECD warns
Britain's economy has begun a contraction which will push it into recession by the end of March, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Charlotte Church: 'They put you through this grinder and it just keeps...
Charlotte Church has offered a stark portrait of a life lived under the media gaze at the Leveson inquiry, saying the coverage was like being put through a "grinder".
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'Uncertainty' over MOD carrier plan
The full costs of scaling back Britain's aircraft carrier programme are still not fully understood by the Government more than a year after the changes were made in the Strategic Defence and Security...
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News International 'hacked Cabinet minister's computer'
Ex-Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain's computer may have been hacked into during his time in power, it has emerged.
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Russian 'spy' allowed to stay in UK
The 26-year-old former lover of Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock has won her bid to be allowed to remain in Britain, despite MI5 allegations that she was a Russian spy.
View ArticleMusic promoters urge action on resale tickets
(Reuters) - Leading music promoters have urged Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to impose a 10 percent mark-up on the sale of second-hand tickets to major events. A delegation met Hunt this week to press...
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Alleged Russian spy allowed to stay in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Alleged Russian spy Katia Zatuliveter, who had an affair with a Member of Parliament, has won her fight to avoid expulsion. Zatuliveter, 26, who worked as a parliamentary aide for...
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House builders boosted by new mortgage initiative
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in house builders were boosted by Chancellor George Osborne's plans to help 100,000 struggling young families buy newly built homes and provide a 400 million pound fund to...
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Murdoch suffers BSkyB revolt, but hangs on
LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch was dealt a heavy blow on Tuesday with over 40 percent of independent shareholders failing to back his re-election as chairman of pay-TV group BSkyB, venting their...
View ArticleTurkey ready for "any scenario" in Syria - minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday it did not want military intervention in Syria but was ready for any scenario to deal with President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on popular unrest,...
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