Tories retake poll lead after Cameron veto
David Cameron's refusal to back the EU's fiscal integration plans has driven his party into the lead in two opinion polls.
View ArticleIndependent Scotland could join euro, Salmond says
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland could eventually join the euro, the country's pro-independence leader said on Wednesday, criticising Prime Minister David Cameron for leaving Britain isolated in the...
View ArticleTories take poll lead after EU veto - Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Conservatives have overtaken the Labour opposition in an opinion poll for the first time this year, enjoying a bounce from Prime Minister David Cameron's veto of a new European Union...
View ArticlePMQs: Cameron deflects Miliband attack as Clegg bites his lip
David Cameron survived a persistent attack on his relationship with Nick Clegg today, after Ed Miliband failing to land a blow on the prime minister.
View ArticleCameron snubs calls to renegotiate with EU
Prime Minister David Cameron brushed aside calls Wednesday to renegotiate an EU treaty, as his deputy premier's appearance beside him in parliament cooled talk of a coalition rift.
View ArticleUK still has EU role, says Merkel
Suggestions that David Cameron has left Britain isolated in Europe by deploying his veto have been downplayed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who insisted the UK will continue to play an important...
View ArticlePM snubs calls to renegotiate with EU
Prime Minister David Cameron brushed aside calls Wednesday to negotiate a new EU treaty, as his deputy premier's appearance beside him in parliament cooled talk of a coalition rift.
View ArticleOfficials to target troublemaker families
A team of Whitehall-controlled officials are to find and then intervene in the lives of Britain's most troubled families, David Cameron will announce later.
View ArticleTrust target 'difficult to achieve'
The Government's goal for the majority of NHS trusts to become foundation trusts by 2014 "will be extremely difficult to achieve", MPs have said.
View ArticleLib Dems look to marginalise Tory EU 'extremists'
Liberal Democrat backbenchers could try to marginalise "extreme" Tory eurosceptics by reaching out to Conservative 'moderates', politics.co.uk understands.
View ArticleAnglo-French relations hit new low
Anglo-French relations have hit a new low after a series of humiliating comments aimed at David Cameron from French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
View ArticleClimate change policies 'not to blame' for high energy bills
Efforts to tackle climate change are not responsible for increased energy prices, government advisers have insisted.
View ArticlePolls open in Feltham and Heston by-election
Voters in the west London constituency of Feltham and Heston are voting for a new MP in a by-election.
View ArticleBritain to retain its two Cyprus military bases
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will retain both its military bases in Cyprus following the completion of a review of their operations, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday. He confirmed...
View ArticleGovt to spend £448 mn on 'problem families' plan
Ministers will spend £448 million on a plan to help Britain's most troubled families, David Cameron said on Thursday.
View ArticleFormer MPs must repay legal aid
Former MPs David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Eric Illsley have been landed with massive bills to repay legal aid and prosecution costs following their convictions for fiddling their expenses.
View ArticlePM heralds troubled families scheme
Trouble-shooters will be sent in to turn around 120,000 "deeply damaged and broken" families under a £448 million plan announced by David Cameron.
View ArticleBritain to attend talks on euro fiscal pact
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Despite blocking an EU treaty change to enshrine euro zone fiscal controls, Britain has been invited to participate in talks on a pact with the other 26 members of the European...
View ArticleEgypt protesters clash with military police
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters set cars alight and threw stones at military police in Cairo on Friday, witnesses said, after rumours spread that an activist had been detained at a sit-in outside...
View ArticleItaly's Monti faces confidence vote on austerity
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government faces a confidence vote in parliament on Friday, a move to speed up approval of a 33-billion euro (27.7 billion pound) austerity package intended to restore market...
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