What is it with Australian politicians giving weird interviews? In April, workplace relations minister Bill Shorten gave us the most blindly loyal ple...
Britain should contemplate leaving the European Union, Liam Fox has said in a controversial speech that is being seen as a first shot at bidding to su...
"Sorry I couldn’t have been as loyal to you as you have been to me, but Ed Miliband had me on the run," David Cameron said to Rebekah Brooks, after ...
David Cameron has announced a parliamentary inquiry will be held to "get to the truth" about the rate-fixing scandal that has rocked Barclays bank. ...
George Osborne has said he hopes Labour "see sense" and take part in a parliamentary inquiry into what went wrong at Barclays in the wake of the rate-...
The UK is "plainly losing" the war on drugs - and may even be going backwards, justice secretary Kenneth Clarke said today. But he insisted he was ...
Nick Clegg has said he has been left "lobotomised" by his time in government due to frenetic pace of activity in Whitehall. According to The Times,...
Labour will attack government plans to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the banking sector on Thursday as George Osborne and Ed Balls traded partisan...
David Cameron has said he is prepared to close Britain's borders to Greek immigrants in the event that Greece was forced to leave the eurozone. Giv...
Home Secretary Theresa May's controversial choice of a lawyer as the next Chief Inspector of Constabulary has been confirmed. Tom Winsor, who becom...
Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of failing to launch a proper inquiry into the rate-fixing scandal because the Conservative Party is "bankrolled...
Former minister Denis MacShane will face no further action from police over allegations that he abused Commons expenses, it was revealed today. The...
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond told MPs he felt "physically ill" when he discovered traders at his bank were manipulating the inter-bank interest ra...
Veteran BBC journalist Michael Buerk has launched a stinging attack on Argentina, accusing the South American country of "breathtaking hypocrisy" and ...
Boris Johnson has told Londoners not to use the Olympic games as an excuse to skive off work. According to London radio station LBC, the Mayor told...
The Labour Party has accused the government of delaying an announcement on cuts to the British Army until today in order to allow the prime minister t...
Ed Balls has angrily demanded George Osborne withdraw the "utterly baseless accusation" that he had intervened to try and manipulate the inter-bank Li...
Boris Johnson, mayor, columnist, and dancer? On Thursday the mayor joined Arlene Phillips at St Pancras International Station to help launch Big Dance...
The government has defeated Labour's bid for a Leveson-style judge-led inquiry into the banking sector by 320 to 239, a majority of 81 against the pro...
Tory MP Louise Mensch has said she did class A drugs in her youth and that it had "long term mental health" effects on her. Appearing on the BBC's ...
Changes to constituency boundaries that will help the Conservatives secure a majority at the next election will be blocked by the Liberal Democrats if...
The rainbow flag has been hoisted over Whitehall to coincide with London's gay pride celebration this weekend. The symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual...
David Cameron will hold talks with Francois Hollande next week when the French president makes his first visit to Britain since taking office. The ...
A criminal investigation has been launched into alleged rigging of the Libor rate within the banking industry, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirme...
In a staunch defence of London's financial centre, Boris Johnson has pledged to change his name to "Barclays Johnson" if the under-fire bank invests m...
