Andrew Mitchell: Miliband Says 'He's Toast'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has mocked Tory Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell during Prime Minister's Questions and declared "he's toast".
View ArticleGovernment forces energy firms to offer lowest price
The government will force energy companies to give customers the lowest price tariff available, David Cameron announced at prime minister's questions this afternoon.
View ArticlePM 'appalled' by football scenes
Prime Minister David Cameron was "appalled" at the ugly scenes at the end of the under-21 match between England and Serbia, despite the Serbian authorities insisting there was no racism.
View ArticleMitchell's Rwanda scandal: Labour finally goes on the attack
Labour finally addressed the growing scandal around Andrew Mitchell's decision to safeguard aid to the regime in Rwanda today.
View ArticleCameron ducks question on Murdoch executive emails
LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron's friendship with Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief was thrust back into the spotlight on Wednesday when the prime minister refused to answer a question...
View ArticleUK to make energy firms give customers lowest tariffs
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will introduce laws to make energy suppliers give customers the cheapest tariffs, in a fresh attempt to drive down prices for consumers, Prime Minister David Cameron said on...
View ArticleEnergy Bills: Cameron Promises New Laws
Energy firms will be forced to give customers the cheapest available tariff under new laws, David Cameron has announced.
View ArticleToyota may trim 2012 output plan on China row - paper
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is considering trimming its 2012 group-wide production plan by about 2 percent because of a drop in sales in China after a territorial row, a Japanese newspaper...
View ArticleAnalysis - Serbia faces tough battle to eradicate intolerance
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Even a ban from international soccer may not prove enough to rid Serbia of its perennial problems with racism and hooliganism, such is the deep-rooted intolerance among fans....
View ArticleWhite House-ordered review found no evidence of Huawei spying - sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A White House-ordered review of security risks posed by suppliers to U.S. telecommunications companies found no clear evidence that Huawei Technologies Ltd had spied for...
View ArticleBetter borrowing gives government hope on budget goal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances deteriorated much less than feared during the first six months of the current tax year, giving finance minister George Osborne some hope of meeting his...
View ArticleUK Ofgem stops short of lowest tariff ruling
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy regulator Ofgem stopped short of forcing energy suppliers to give their cheapest tariff, a political hot potato, in measures to simplify domestic gas and electricity...
View ArticleExclusive - U.S. to invite Myanmar to joint military exercises
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United States will invite Myanmar to the world's largest multinational military field exercise, a powerful symbolic gesture toward a military with a grim human rights record and...
View ArticleEnergy Bills: Cameron Promises New Laws
Energy firms will be forced to give customers the cheapest available tariff under new laws, David Cameron has announced.
View ArticleUK committees to examine Starbucks tax strategies
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British parliamentary committees are due to quiz tax officials about how Starbucks was able to avoid paying tax on 1.2 billion pounds of sales since 2009. MPs said a Reuters...
View ArticleBill aims to cut planning red tape
David Cameron has hailed a new £350 million construction project in the heart of London as proof that the coalition's crackdown on planning red tape is working.
View ArticleSpeaker warns against release of expenses details: report
House of Commons speaker John Bercow has written to the expenses regulator in a bid halt publication of details of MPs' rental arrangements, the Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
View ArticleOne long night –but Mitchell makes it to morning
The future of the Tory chief whip looked secure today, after he survived a meeting of the 1922 committee and a bruising PMQs with his career intact.
View ArticleThe Bryant-Cameron clash continues: PM acted like '15th century pope'
The colourful clash between David Cameron and Chris Bryant continued today, when the shadow immigration secretary said the prime minister was acting like an "agitated fifteenth century pope".
View ArticleShambles: Energy minister didn't know about energy policy announcement
The government's own energy minister seemed unsure of his own department's policy today, after he struggled to answer questions of a plan announced by David Cameron in the Commons.
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