Just 7% of Tory activists believe David Cameron will secure victory in 2015 in a new poll likely to fuel unease among already restive party members. ...

Our elected politicians won't, or perhaps can't, say this but the fact is that the public doesn't have a clue about immigration. Why then should we base our immigration policies on public opinion, and people's "concerns", when those very same people are so woefully uninformed and ignorant about the true levels of immigration into the UK? The levels of benefits that migrants receive? Their proficiency with the English language?

Conservatives have voted against a plan to build a statue of Margaret Thatcher in her hometown of Grantham, an idea that was backed by Labour councill...

Labour candidate John O'Farrell has said he will not stand in the 2015 General Election, in part because of the vilification he received from tabloids...

As by-election fever sweeps the political partisans of Britain and the south east constituency of Eastleigh becomes a throbbing hub of journalists, pa...

Harriet Harman has written to major broadcasters asking about the number of older women employed within their organisations, the Labour Party said tod...

Tory by-election candidate Maria Hutchings has stood by her comments that people who riot should be shot with paintball guns. During the London rio...

The Lib Dems are odds-on favourites to win the hotly anticipated Eastleigh by-election with the Tories falling further behind, according to the latest...

Labour maintained a five-point lead in the latest national opinion poll but the Liberal Democrats slumped to 8% as the UK Independence Party consolida...

He leans too far to the right to be Labour, and annoys his own backbenchers for implementing policy that aren't traditionally held party beliefs. His record abroad is impressive, but at home, much of the country has taken a dislike to Tony Blair... what you thought I was talking about David Cameron?

Labour has selected author and satirist John O'Farrell as its candidate to fight the Eastleigh by-election. Announced on Wednesday night, O'Farrell...

Education Secretary Michael Gove is facing Labour demands for an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament about the behaviour of his political staff. ...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appeared to admit that the coalition cut capital spending too deeply when it took power. Speaking ahead of the rel...

Labour is to call for an investigation into the blacklisting of workers by construction firms involved in major projects, including the Olympics and C...

Few areas of public policy are as economically and socially important as childcare and the last thing parents need when making major decisions about their families and careers is chronic uncertainty.

Ed Miliband has said "the door is open" for his brother David to join the Labour front benches, amid speculation he may be preparing to come back afte...

today's re-launch didn't tell us a huge amount. We were promised action on childcare support, support for first-time buyers and, yet again, greater investment in infrastructure... But detail remains largely absent, with more to be dripped out between now and the Budget in April.

One can see that if you want to create a bubble economy that enriches the banks, but starves the wealth creating sector, you would be hard put to devise a better system. The bursting of the bubble becomes inevitable, leading to the misery and ruin of millions of lives.

The past 12 months will come to be seen as "the year when the coalition Government lost the benefit of the doubt", a senior shadow cabinet minister ha...

Former chancellor Alistair Darling is planning to quit at the next election in a huge blow for Ed Miliband, The Sun can reveal. The Scottish MP is ...