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 ...

These diverse reactions highlight the difficulties any left wing politician faces on immigration. Any proposal will be dismissed by commentators on the right as tokenism which does nothing to address the real issues, and by many on the left as pandering to prejudices which should be challenged.

The precise words that Ed Miliband used in his immigration speech on 14 December will not matter. Whatever careful caveats inserted to try to counter any claims that he was blowing the rhetorical whistle of race will be ignored.

Britain needs a "comprehensive strategy for integration" to help cope with the pressures of a multi-ethnic society, Labour leader Ed Miliband will sai...

The problem is that Ed has just admitted that he is putting money into the coffers of Amazon - a company identified as a legal tax avoider and which many members of his party (and others) have promised to boycott.

Ed Balls had a shaky performance in the House of Commons on Tuesday as he faltered in his initial response to George Osborne's Autumn Statement. So...

Ultimately, this was a re-endorsement of Plan A. "Britain is on the right track, we would be mad to turn back now", the Chancellor told the Commons with rapturous support from his backbenches and the customary shaking of heads across the aisle.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller will meet with the newspaper industry's leading editors next week in an effort to urge the press to act on the Leveson ...

It may have been a triumphant night for the UK Independence Party (Ukip) on Thursday, but the Liberal Democrats plunged to new depths as they fell to ...

Labour is celebrating a clean sweep in three parliamentary by-elections in Rotherham, Middlesbrough and Croydon North. But the celebrations were ma...

Wednesday sees the formal dispatch from the House of Lords of what the wilder critics have named my "Secret Courts Bill". The Bill's passage has so far aroused great passion and debate - as any Bill which seeks to deliver the twin imperatives of justice and security must always do.

Foreign Secretary William Hague will address the House of Commons today on the "terrible situation in Gaza". In recent days, Hague has blamed the l...

Plans to deliver a "living wage" of at least £7.20 per hour for millions of people in the public and private sector are being put at the centre of La...

David Cameron was handed a bitter defeat by his own MPs over the EU budget, with Eurosceptic Tories conspiring with Labour to deliver a victory over t...

Iain Duncan Smith has said he is "absolutely furious" at Boris Johnson after the mayor approved a plan to tarmac over Walthamstow dog track. Speaki...

Labour has risen to its highest lead in popularity over the Conservatives since the 2010 general election, a new ComRes poll has shown. Tuesday's p...

Former defence minister Lord Gilbert slammed the airbus A400m aircraft as an "absolute wanking disaster" in the House of Lords on Wednesday in one of ...

In a galaxy far far away... well, in Hull, John Prescott became 'Darth Prezza', during a visit to the Yorkshire Kung Fu Championships on Sunday. Du...