Call to set up lobbyists' register
The Government should set up a register of Parliamentary lobbyists following the latest claims about firms' influences on ministers, MPs have been told.
View ArticleUK threatens to block new EU treaty if demands not met
Prime Minister David Cameron threatened on Tuesday to block a new European Union treaty designed to save the euro from the debt crisis if London's demands are not met.
View ArticleQueen's Church of England link questioned by MPs
Constitutional changes are raising further questions about the Queen's role as head of the Church of England, MPs have said.
View ArticlePM threatens to block new EU treaty if demands not met
Prime Minister David Cameron threatened to block a new European Union treaty designed to save the euro from the debt crisis if London's demands are not met.
View ArticleChaos as Labour forces first Commons defeat on coalition
There were chaotic scenes in Westminster last night, after disciplined Labour MPs forced a surprise vote on the government, leading to the coalition's first Commons defeat.
View ArticleCameron veto threat over EU reforms
David Cameron will head to Brussels on Thursday with a list of demands for Britain in return for support for EU treaty change.
View ArticleEurosceptic Tories hammer Cameron in PMQs
David Cameron faced an unrelenting barrage of hostile questions on Europe from his own party's backbenchers in one of his toughest ever PMQs this lunchtime.
View ArticleMP explains Christmas single mix-up
A Liberal Democrat MP has been forced to deny he was releasing a Christmas single after local journalists failed to spot a press release he issued was a spoof.
View ArticleMP was monitored by investigator
A Labour MP was put under surveillance by a private investigator working for the News of the World, it has been confirmed.
View ArticleCameron in eurozone summit battle
David Cameron faces a Franco-German steamroller, determined to push through sweeping financial changes in Europe and restore the stability of the single currency.
View ArticleUK vows to exact price in return for euro support
Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to win concessions for Britain at the crunch EU summit starting Thursday but he is likely to find his European partners in no mood for British intransigence.
View ArticleFrom beyond the grave: Patient attacks 'cowardice' of British politicians
British politicians' "cowardice" forced a BBC producer to take her own life in Switzerland, far from her country and her friends, she wrote in a letter released after her death.
View ArticleHammond offers no quarter in MoD cuts
New defence secretary Philip Hammond has committed to carrying out painful cuts at the Ministry of Defence in his first big speech in the job.
View ArticleLabour on track for by-election victory
Labour is set for a convincing election win in the Feltham & Heston by-election, according to new data.
View ArticleBenn proposes Speaker as new head of state
The Queen could be replaced by the House of Commons' Speaker in a republican Britain which maintains a titular head of state, Tony Benn has suggested to MPs.
View ArticleCameron - will veto a EU treaty if bad for Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he would have "no hesitation" in vetoing any treaty of all 27 European Union nations to fix the euro debt crisis if it did not protect...
View Article'No hesitation' over EU veto: PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would have "no hesitation" in wielding Britain's veto to block an EU treaty to resolve the eurozone crisis if it did not meet UK requirements.
View ArticleCameron wields veto threat on EU treaty change
Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Thursday that he would not hesitate to veto an EU treaty change should his demands be ignored at a summit held to resolve the euro debt crisis.
View ArticlePM to discuss Afghan troops cut
Britain's military force in Afghanistan could be almost halved during 2013 under options to be discussed by David Cameron and security chiefs next week, it was reported.
View Article£1.1bn MoD vehicle spend criticised
The Ministry of Defence is under fire from MPs who accused it of spending £1.1 billion on programmes to acquire armoured vehicles, without delivering a single vehicle in more than a decade.
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