UK Coalition

Nick Clegg: ‘Absolutely Committed' To Gay Marriage With David Cameron

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Comedy

Nick Clegg has insisted that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to their marriage. The deputy prime minister dismissed talks of a...

Cameron's Mask of Anarchy Is Slipping, But Can the Men and Women of England Reclaim Their Lost Liberty?

James Elliott | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Politics
James Elliott

To defeat the coalition of privilege and achieve real liberty, including freedom from poverty and want, we must commit to challenging the wealth of the few at the top who exploit the many below.

Clegg Dismisses Talk Of Coalition Break-Up

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm spec...

Nick Clegg To Warn Lib Dems Party Can Not Trick Voters By Quitting Coalition Early

PA | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm spec...

Mehdi's Morning Memo: A Pre-Election Divorce?

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Friday 17 May 2013... 1) A PRE-ELECTION DIVORCE? With just two years to go till the general election, and the...

Bedroom Tax Claims Its First Confirmed Victim

Rob Atkinson | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Politics
Rob Atkinson

Stephanie Bottrill seems to have concluded, in the face of all the information available to her, that - in undeniable fact - nobody in Government does care. Nobody was prepared to lift a finger to help her in her no-win, zero-options situation.

Immigration - The Game Changer of British Politics?

Oana Romocea | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Politics
Oana Romocea

It is baffling how immigration has changed the game in British politics these days. There are more fundamentally important issues facing British society, most notably a stalled economy that has the country on the edge of a triple-dip recession. Yet, the immigration threat, and the supposed ills it has unleashed on Britain, has gripped the public imagination.

'Nick Has To Show A Bit Of Leg'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Politics

A Cabinet Minister has claimed Nick Clegg is only opposing childcare reforms to head off a campaign to oust him as Liberal Democrat leader. In an e...

Labour 'Should Prepare For Possible Lib Dem Coalition'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Politics

Labour must draw up plans for a possible coalition with the Liberal Democrats if it fails to win the next general election outright, a senior peer sai...

Which Government Policy Does Nick Clegg Not Support?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Politics

One of the coalition's key reforms has been thrown into doubt after Nick Clegg signalled he did not support it. The government wants to allow child...

Mehdi Hasan

Former FSA Chair Lord Turner Attacks Austerity And Warns Of Another Crash

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Politics

The former chair of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Adair Turner, has called on the government to be "more cautious" about austerity and expre...

Lib Dem Minister Jo Swinson Survives Allergy Scare

PA | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics

Equalities minister Jo Swinson has praised hospital staff after she needed treatment following an allergic reaction to a biscuit,. The Liberal Demo...

How the Government Stopped Me From Saving the World

Michael Spicer | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Michael Spicer

For those of you who don't know, I'm a superhero. I'm not bragging. It's a fact. I'm different from you.

Post election Israel - A New Middle East?

Hannah Gal | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics
Hannah Gal

Israeli politics is at a historic turning point. Recent elections have brought about changes that breathe fresh, unmistakable mood of optimism into a tired and troubled coalition.

LOOK: We're Not Sure About The Poster For The New Star Trek Movie

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Comedy

(Poster adapted for HuffPost UK Comedy by David Beresford and Robin Flavell) More TOPICALOLs: Abu Qatada To Be Handed Over To Glamour Model ...

Public Sector Borrowing Down £300m

PA | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Politics

Britain's finances remain under intense pressure after figures today showed annual net borrowing managed only a slight dip to £120.6 billion in the f...

Mediation Is in the Spotlight as Government Finds Funds

Amanda McAlister | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Politics
Amanda McAlister

The cash-strapped Coalition announced on the 10th April they would be pumping £6.5million into projects aimed at helping separated parents "put their differences aside for the sake of their children". The announcement has put mediation in the spotlight as divorcees seek to minimise the impact of their split on their children.

Welfare Reforms 'Will Take £19bn A Year Out Of Economy'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK

The government's welfare reforms will take almost £19 billion a year out of the UK economy and hit the poorest communities in northern England the ha...

Tories Need to Learn That Carrots Sometimes Work Better Than Sticks

Rob Atkinson | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Politics
Rob Atkinson

The current administration are wide-open to charges of callousness, misrepresenting salient facts about poverty and an abject failure, indeed refusal, to listen to any source - however well-informed - that doesn't unswervingly endorse their chosen path

The NHS Is 'Not Ready' For Controversial Reorganisation

Posted 01.04.2013 | UK

Health experts have issued a stark warning that the NHS is "not ready" on the day that massive changes in the organisation come into effect. The He...

'I Ordered Clegg But A David Cameron Turned Up'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics

Life size cut outs of David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson advertised on Amazon are attracting the ire of voters in the reviews section of the ...

Welfare Myth Two - Benefit Fraud is a Big Problem

Dr Simon Duffy | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Politics
Dr Simon Duffy

Fraud is always a problem. Lying and cheating is wrong and society should certainly discourage it. But benefit fraud - people lying and cheating in order to increase the size of their benefits - is not a big problem. There are many problems which are much bigger, in particular fraud by government.

Tories Are Like 'A Broken Shopping Trolley'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg has mocked the Conservative Party, saying his coalition partners are "like a broken shopping trolley" that keeps lurching to the right. ...

Britain Can't Become A 'Safe Haven' For Foreign Criminals

PA | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK

Nick Clegg has warned that Britain could become a "safe haven" for foreign criminals if it pulls out of the European Arrest Warrant. He issued the ...

Tory Leadership Deny Gay Marriage Cost Them Election

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK Politics

Senior Conservatives have denied claims David Cameron’s support for gay marriage cost them first or second place in the Eastleigh by-election. Uk...