Politics
(February 8, 2010)
David Cameron will launch a personal attack against Gordon Brown later, claiming the prime minister is failing to prevent MPs from trying to escape prosecution over alleged expenses abuses. Three Labour MPs discovered last week they will face
(February 1, 2010)
Sex mad lothario and Scottish MP Nigel Griffiths is standing down at the general election. He told party members in his Edinburgh South constituency last night that he would not be standing for re-election and would instead take
(January 31, 2010)
US President Barack Obama renewed his pledge on Saturday to make job creation his top priority in 2010 but said it was also critical to rein in a record budget deficit that threatened an economic recovery. Obama used
(January 31, 2010)
A Conservative government would not make “swingeing cuts” to public spending during its first year, party leader David Cameron has told the BBC. But he said it was right to “make a start” on cutting the deficit, to
(January 27, 2010)
(CNN) — Google’s announcement that China should either stop censoring Internet searches or risk a pullout by the search-engine giant rocked the online world Wednesday, leaving observers to break down the meaning of the provocative move. By standing
(January 10, 2010)
Immigration would be cut by as much as 75 per cent under a Conservative government to prevent Britain’s population hitting 70million, David Cameron said yesterday. He said he wanted to see annual net immigration levels fall from the
(January 7, 2010)
Video: MP's back Gordon Brown
(January 3, 2010)
The US and British embassies in Yemen closed on Sunday amid threats from a local branch of Al-Qaeda, after Washington and Britain vowed to help the impoverished country in its fight against extremism. The moves came after US
(January 2, 2010)
Video: David Cameron Calls for "Year of Change"
(January 2, 2010)
Conservative leader David Cameron on Saturday kicked off his campaign to become prime minister this year, saying the country could not settle for five more years under Gordon Brown. In a speech focused on broad ideas rather than
(December 27, 2009)
North West Leicestershire MP David Taylor has died after suffering a heart attack while out walking in Derbyshire. The Labour backbencher was walking with his family at Calke Abbey on Boxing Day when he was taken ill. A
(December 26, 2009)
The government faces accusations of compromising the readiness of Britain’s armed forces after it emerged nine per cent of training exercises were cancelled in 2009. Figures uncovered by the Conservatives showed 38 training programmes for regular troops and
(December 9, 2009)
The Chancellor has admitted the recession was far deeper than he had predicted and used his Pre-Budget Report to outline how the Government will slash spending and raise revenue. Alistair Darling told a packed House of Commons that
(December 9, 2009)
Darling, as ever, was the picture of misery for his pre-Budget Report this lunchtime, which aside from a comedy gag about bingo tax was delivered in the rapid-fire miserable drone Gordon Brown established as the model for the
(December 9, 2009)
The Government’s multi-million pound aid package has strengthened hopes that vital funding will be ploughed into a major carbon capture and storage project for Teesside. Half of the £60m investment will be spent on Teesside’s move to low-carbon
(December 5, 2009)
Opposition leader David Cameron on Saturday met troops in Afghanistan and said he believed troop withdrawals were unlikely to happen in 2010. Cameron, on a visit to Helmand, said British forces were spread too thinly across the troubled
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