Fears child benefit cut could damage middle-class voteTHERE ARE major concerns among Tory ministers within the Conservative/Liberal Democrats coalition about the decision to cut child…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Irish abuse victims seek extension of redress fundIRISH VICTIMS of clerical sexual abuse living in the United Kingdom believe the compensation fund, set up with extra contributions…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
New London police recruits to get no pay for 18 monthsTWO-THIRDS of all new police recruits in London will have to work for 18 months as volunteers with no pay, the Metropolitan Police…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Planned BBC strike could black out Tory Party conferenceBBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL Mark Thompson has appealed to staff not to strike next week against proposed cuts to the pension scheme, …Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
David Miliband bows out of frontline politicsFORMER BRITISH foreign secretary David Miliband has bowed out of frontline politics, saying that he feared there would be “perpetual…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
Huhne's overtures on future Lib-Lab pact spurnedSENIOR LABOUR Party figures, still smarting at the Liberal Democrats’ decision to ally themselves with the Conservatives after…Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00
Miliband pledges to help 'squeezed' middle classesNEWLY ELECTED Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, faced with allegations that he is now in thrall to the trade unions after they…Mon Sept 27 2010 - 01:00
Race to lead Labour goes down to the wireTHE LABOUR Party leadership battle, which has run for five months and which will be decided this afternoon on the first day of…Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
Lobby queries poll finding that 1.5% of Britons claim to be gay or bisexualFEWER THAN two in 100 people in the United Kingdom declare themselves as gay or bisexual, according to the largest ever official…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
English council to privatise most services, cutting jobs from 27,000 to few hundredCOUNCILLORS IN a major British local authority, which is battling increasingly smaller budgets, yesterday decided to privatise…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Lib Dems accused of playing politics with Trident deterrentTHE LIBERAL Democrats have been criticised for taking risks with the United Kingdom’s future security for political gain after…Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Hundreds gather for funeral of wartime spyTHREE WEEKS ago 89-year-old Eileen Nearne was destined for a council grave after being found dead in her Torquay home, alone …Wed Sept 22 2010 - 01:00
Lib Dem delegates warn against spending cutsLIBERAL DEMOCRATS delegates yesterday openly warned the party’s leadership that they must not accept spending cuts that will …Wed Sept 22 2010 - 01:00
Clegg appeals to coalition doubtersLIB DEM leader Nick Clegg yesterday urged doubters to “stick with” the party in its coalition with the Conservative party so …Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Faithful slow to abandon cosy ranks of oppositionThe spirit of Charles J Haughey was invoked yesterday by the Lib Dems’ deputy leaderTue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Lib Dems promise tax evasion crackdownHIGH-EARNING tax evaders will face a crackdown in a £1 billion (€1Mon Sept 20 2010 - 01:00
Cameron says visit 'incredibly moving'POPE BENEDICT has offered a challenge to people in the United Kingdom to play a greater role in society and to live by their …Mon Sept 20 2010 - 01:00
Tough love from leader as worried party told to look beyond short termThe Liberal Democrats are worried that they are getting all of the blame, while the Conservatives are getting all of the credit…Mon Sept 20 2010 - 01:00
Workers right to be angry about bank bonuses, says KingWORKERS ARE entitled to be angry about bonuses for top bankers, Bank of England governor Mervyn King told the Trades Union Congress…Thu Sept 16 2010 - 01:00
TV presenter Ray Gosling spared jail over mercy killing claimAN ELDERLY BBC presenter, who claimed in February to have smothered his lover as he lay dying from AIDS in hospital, was yesterday…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Poll tips Ed Miliband to win Labour leadershipLABOUR MPS’ second preference votes are expected to decide the party’s leadership race, following an opinion poll which indicated…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan praised by ex-attorney generalMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan’s decision to create the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and to defend it in the face…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Unions in UK call for action against public service cutbacksSPENDING CUTS in the United Kingdom must be opposed by the “poll tax rebellion” that dealt a major blow to prime minister Margaret…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
When London's difficulty became criminals' opportunityWidespread murder, rape and looting were committed during the Blitz, which began 70 years ago this weekThu Sept 09 2010 - 01:00
Call for end to parades body impasseNORTHERN IRELAND’S politicians must agree quickly on a new system to govern decisions about controversial parades or the British…Thu Sept 09 2010 - 01:00
MPs to inquire into laws on phone hackingMPS WILL conduct an inquiry into the laws governing the investigation of telephone hacking in the United Kingdom after a senior…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Outspoken Lib Dem MP Cyril Smith dies aged 82FORMER LIBERAL Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith, born the illegitimate son of a Rochdale housemaid and who became one of the best …Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
Union to endorse Miliband in blow for rivalTHE BATTLE for the leadership of the British Labour Party will intensify today with the expected decision of the country’s largest…Mon Jul 26 2010 - 01:00
Mandelson in the middleMEMOIR : The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour By Peter Mandelson, Harper Press, 512pp. £25Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Dormant accounts cash to fund Cameron's 'Big Society'HUNDREDS OF millions of pounds held in dormant British bank accounts will be used to fund Prime Minister David Cameron’s attempt…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Release of Lockerbie bomber was 'utterly wrong' - CameronBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has said the release from prison last year of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Voluntary body in south London draws crowds of enthusiastsDAVID CAMERON wants to create the Big Society, but in Southwark in south London a model already exists that has drawn in higher…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Trimble suspends link to Israel group during inquiryFORMER ULSTER Unionist leader David Trimble has suspended his membership of a pro-Israel group led by former Spanish prime minister…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Wales hopes 'opt-out' organ donation plan will save more livesLONDON LETTER: Organ donation rules are to change in Wales to increase the number of transplant operationsThu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Adams's offer of a pet dog unleashed security worriesTHE NORTHERN Ireland peace process has had many heroes who played quiet but important roles in bringing people together, but …Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Police to seek extra funds to pay for cost of search for MoatNORTHUMBRIA POLICE are to seek millions of pounds in extra funding from the British Home Office to pay for the week-long hunt…Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
Former colleagues angered by Mandelson's memoirsPETER MANDELSON’S conduct during the Labour Party’s years in power is to come under the spotlight following expressions of anger…Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
'There is a man in the hills threatening to shoot'Rothbury is a village desperately seeking assurance with police now believing fugitive murder suspect Raoul Moat poses a risk…Fri Jul 09 2010 - 01:00
Vision of Scotland as England's fountain still a little futuristicLONDON LETTER: Water shortages are not just affecting the traditionally drier regions in the southeastThu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Police take to forests in search of Raoul MoatDOZENS OF heavily armed police sharpshooters have been deployed in forests in Northumbria in northeast England as the five-day…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
UK coalition plans to cap public service payouts to one year's payCOMPULSORY REDUNDANCY payments for British civil servants will be limited to one year’s pay under new non-negotiable rules, public…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Search continues for fugitive gunmanTHE HUNT by British police for fugitive Raoul Moat, who has killed one person and wounded two more and is believed to be hiding…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Clegg outlines plans for UK electoral reformTHE CONSERVATIVE/Liberal Democrat coalition has accepted that a general election campaign will have to be called within 14 days…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Depression can double the risk of dementiaDEPRESSION CAN double the risk of developing dementia, while high levels of vitamin E could help to significantly reduce the …Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
£12m upgrade for high-tech number plate recognition system in NorthA HIGH-TECH number plate recognition system, which has been in use in Northern Ireland for several years and which can register…Thu Jul 01 2010 - 01:00
Police officers to face action over 'shameful' failingsTHREE METROPOLITAN Police officers are to face disciplinary hearings following an investigation into a “shameful” series of failures…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Issue of anonymity in rape cases poses problems all roundLONDON LETTER: The Conservative-Lib Dem programme for government contains a proposal to protect the identity of those accused…Thu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
British budget hits poor hardest, says fiscal instituteMILLIONS OF British public sector workers will face pension curbs once a review is completed in September, British prime minister…Thu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
Tough UK budget aims to pack economic punchANALYSIS: British prime minister David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat ally Nick Clegg have risked all early in the life of…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Paedophile images charge for killer of James BulgerONE OF the two killers of Liverpool two-year-old Jamie Bulger, Jon Venables, who has been living under a new identity since his…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
