Sentence no-show troll faces arrest
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 60-year-old man who sent a threatening email to Conservative MP Louise Mensch after he failed to turn up at court.
View ArticleCivil servant heart disease risk 'depends on their department'
Climbing the Whitehall promotion ladder could actually decrease the chances of a premature death, according to new research.
View ArticleCoalition 'rushing' banking regulation reforms
Reforms of the way Britain's financial services are regulated are unnecessarily complicated and being rushed through parliament, MPs have warned.
View ArticleForced marriage to become a crime
Those forcing others into marriage may soon face jail time, Theresa May is expected to announce today.
View ArticleMPs call for stronger BoE oversight
LONDON (Reuters) - MPs stepped up calls for the government to strengthen oversight of the Bank of England, which next year will gain new powers to regulate the country's banks. The Lords will debate...
View ArticleCameron to testify at Leveson on June 14
Prime Minister David Cameron is to appear next week before an inquiry into press ethics sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's newspapers.
View ArticleCameron to face Leveson next week
David Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown are among a string of major political figures due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.
View ArticleCameron Tops Political Line-Up At Leveson
David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne are among a list of political heavyweights due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.
View ArticlePM in warning over forced marriages
David Cameron has said parents who force their children into an unwanted marriage will face "very tough punishments" under a new law.
View ArticleMay Targets Criminal Deportation 'Dodgers'
Home Secretary Theresa May will this week seek the backing of MPs to tackle criminals who use human rights laws to avoid deportation.
View ArticleMPs To Vote On Changes To Human Rights Law
Home Secretary Theresa May is seeking the backing of MPs to tackle foreign criminals who use human rights laws to avoid deportation.
View ArticleMay plans deportation rights curbs
Home Secretary Theresa May is to set out to MPs her plans to curb the powers of judges to block the deportation of foreign criminals on human rights grounds.
View ArticleDavid Cameron left daughter, 8, at the pub
David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter at the pub for around a quarter of an hour following a family lunch, Downing Street confirmed Monday.
View ArticleCameron 'abandoned' eight-year-old daughter in pub
David and Samantha Cameron left their eight-year-old daughter behind after a weekend trip to the pub, it has emerged.
View ArticleBrown blasts press for 'failing Britain'
Britain's press has failed the country by mixing fact and opinion, Gordon Brown has told the Leveson inquiry.
View ArticleHousing minister's statistics 'deliberately misleading'
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been accused of using statistics to misrepresent the state of housing in the UK.
View ArticlePM 'agrees euro crisis hitting UK'
Prime Minister David Cameron backs the Chancellor's assessment that problems in the eurozone are holding back Britain's economic recovery, Downing Street has said.
View ArticleCouncils unite to address troubled families
Ministers are on track to meet their goal of reducing the number of troubled families, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
View ArticleOnline 'troll' who threatened MP avoids jail
An online "troll" who sent a threatening email to Conservative MP Louise Mensch received a suspended sentence Monday and was banned from contacting a string of well-known figures from Alan Sugar to CIA...
View ArticleN. Ireland's McGuinness to quit UK parliament
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is to resign his seat in the British parliament, his party announced Monday -- a move which could end in a bureaucratic tangle.
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