Why British party leaders think the only to go way is EssexDespite the Joey Essex factor, research shows British public prepared to engage in debateThu Apr 02 2015 - 18:23
Tories trumpet news UK economy on a rollOsborne says consumer confidence at a 12-year high as economy grew by 2.8%Wed Apr 01 2015 - 01:00
Ramifications of a hung parliament after UK electionWith no set rules, forming a government could be a free-for-allWed Apr 01 2015 - 01:00
Sperm count cut by pesticides on fruit and vegetables, study showsSemen quality can be lowered by up to 50% with high consumption, Harvard research findsTue Mar 31 2015 - 00:05
Analysis: SNP eye Labour rout in forthcoming UK electionScottish National Party believe transformational change at hand with up to 50-seat gainMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to be ‘heard like before’SNP leader says party can bring in real change if voters in Scotland uniteMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Scotland urged to be heard in Westminster ‘like never before’Sturgeon tells other nations they should not fear greater influence for SNPSat Mar 28 2015 - 16:48
Scotland must be able to make own decisions on tax, SNP saysParty is on course to take dozens of seats from the Labour PartySat Mar 28 2015 - 12:43
‘Top Gear’ producer will not press Clarkson chargesOisin Tymon just wishes to return to job in BBC as soon as possible, statement saysFri Mar 27 2015 - 20:06
Tories demean themselves in tawdry attempt to change 600-year-old ruleEven Conservatives vote against motion on how speaker is electedFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
Ed Miliband and David Cameron claim debate victoryLabour leader rejects claims he is not tough enough to be British prime ministerThu Mar 26 2015 - 23:35
UK Supreme Court forces publication of Prince Charles’s letters to politicians‘Black spider’ correspondence will give brief insight into relations with ministersThu Mar 26 2015 - 20:23
UK Government will not release details of ‘on the run’ republicansNI Office clarifies comments by David Cameron where he said he would try to be transparentThu Mar 26 2015 - 14:21
Clarkson dropped from ‘Top Gear’ as police assess BBC reportBBC director general says presenter ‘crossed line’ in unprovoked attack on Irish producerThu Mar 26 2015 - 10:09
Constitutional flaw in British Fixed-term Parliaments BillFlaw in legislation would favour administration that had lost the confidence of MPsThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Irish producer in Clarkson ‘fracas’ conducted himself ‘with dignity and restraint’Oisin Tymon has faced a deluge of offensive attacks on TwitterWed Mar 25 2015 - 19:54
David Cameron’s refusal to seek third term a statement of obviousAnalysis: Few in Westminster believed British PM would want to go on even until 2020Wed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Inquiry finds IRA guarantees an attempt to ‘distort’ legal systemCommons MPs say former PM Tony Blair bowed to SF pressure over ‘comfort letters’Wed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Comfort letters: Kelly confident no top party figure appliedMLA for North Belfast says NI investigating committee’s report ‘politically driven’ attackTue Mar 24 2015 - 18:24
Peter Hain accused of ‘incomplete’ testimony in ‘on the run’ inquiryFormer NI Secretary ‘very knowledgeable’ about scheme but gave ‘less than helpful’ testimonyTue Mar 24 2015 - 10:42
‘On the run’ letters declared ‘questionably unlawful’ by NI Affairs CommitteeCollapse of Downey case prompted inquiry into UK Government letters to RepublicansTue Mar 24 2015 - 10:15
Ed Miliband struggles to woo ScotsVoters urged to put aside thoughts of Scottish independence as poll shows Labour far behind SNPTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
Cameron says he will not seek third term if he wins electionTories would need fresh eyes, fresh leadership by end of next parliament, says PMMon Mar 23 2015 - 19:47
Artists donate work to fundraise for London’s Irish Cultural CentreMichael Flatley and others have made donations in effort to raise €830,000Sat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
A Northern Irish candidate for a northern English strongholdConor McGinn, the son of a former Sinn Féin councillor, is a Labour Party candidate for a safe seat in May’s UK general election. His political journey would have been ‘inconceivable’ 20 years agoSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Martha Kearney’s ‘Great Irish Journeys’ shows Ireland’s hidden beautyThe BBC presenter, who was one of a few London-based journalists who covered the Troubles in the 1980s, is following in the steps of the 19th-century geologist George Victor Du Noyer to trace the country’s storySat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Ukip MEP faces police inquiry over expensesJanice Atkinson suspended by party immediatelyFri Mar 20 2015 - 19:56
UK to increase fines for evading taxesNew plans seen as reply to disclosures that HSBC conspired with wealthy individuals to evade billions in taxesFri Mar 20 2015 - 06:45
London Letter: Cameron ignores lessons of history as he riles Scottish votersUnlikely pre-election alliance between Conservatives and SNP aims to destroy LabourFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
Two Irish men jailed in London over VAT fraudCourt told millions siphoned from business and laundered through other bank accountsThu Mar 19 2015 - 20:34
Europe bringing forward proposal to harmonise tax ratesCorporation tax battle set to flare after European Commission targets avoidanceThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Osborne to tackle multinationals moving tax from UKNew penalty tax on artificial shifting of profits abroad to become law this monthThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
George Osborne pins hopes on voters’ optimism in budget speechChancellor’s autumn statement is all about ‘the future’ rather than debtThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Ed Miliband says Cameron leads party that ‘uses’ ScotlandLabour leader Ed Miliband has ruled out coalition deal with SNPTue Mar 17 2015 - 01:00
Irish property firm gets London city’s highest rent ever paidThe 65,000sq ft offices were completed in February, with each floor let individuallyTue Mar 17 2015 - 01:00
How a London Imam became a sean nós singerLiberal academic Muhammad Al-Hussaini sees the arts as an antidote to extremismMon Mar 16 2015 - 06:00
Nama NI debtors treated ‘less than sympathetically’, MPs toldConcern over Cerberus Capital Management, which paid in region of €1.3bn for portfolioMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00
Future of Lib Dems appears dimAs the British public begin to engage with the election, the minority party in government gears up for a do-or-die campaignMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00
Man (27) convicted over killing of Sligo-born man in LondonMalachi Lindo battered face of Phillip Steels (51) with a brick during incident in EnfieldSat Mar 14 2015 - 11:01
Price of DUP support is EU referendum, says DoddsIntervention poses significant headache for MilibandFri Mar 13 2015 - 13:48
Falling revenue figures question Scots’ have-it-all approach to autonomySNP wants full fiscal freedom, but its budget arithmetic doesn’t add upFri Mar 13 2015 - 13:44
Kincora to be excluded from British inquiry on abuse allegationsInquiry confined to England and Wales but will liaise with Hart InquiryThu Mar 12 2015 - 22:29
UK airports losing business due to Heathrow slots, committee hearsHouse of Commons group says space shortage at London airport costing regional hubsThu Mar 12 2015 - 19:42
Nearly 30,000 Irish on boards of British-based companiesIrish comprise one-in-six of foreign nationals on British boards, up 6% on previous yearThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
David Cameron calls Ed Miliband ‘despicable’Insults traded between prime minister and Labour leader in row over TV debatesThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
England to insist on plain cigarette packagingThird country to implement change after Australia and IrelandWed Mar 11 2015 - 23:23
Relatives of radicalised London schoolgirls have questions not answersFamilies of teenagers who went to Syria to join IS are critical of policeWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Scottish Labour facing ruin at hands of SNPMay election a likely Labour bloodbath, but pact with rivals could split partyMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Miliband warns Scots against risking ‘decade of Tory misrule’Labour Party leader in battle for seats Scottish National PartySat Mar 07 2015 - 13:01
UK immigrants in poorly paid jobs, Oxford study showsFigures show that 550,000 more foreigners are living in England than four years agoSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:01
