The UN Conference on sustainable development tagged Rio+20 commences on 20th June 2012.
Comedian Jimmy Carr has apologised for his tax arrangements, saying he had made a "terrible error of judgment." He tweeted on Thursday morning that...
UPDATE: Michael Gove all but confirms plans to scrap GCSEs in favour of O-levels GCSEs are to be scrapped and replaced by their predecessor, the "t...
Doctors are taking industrial action for the first time in 37 years on Thursday, despite last-ditch attempts from ministers to dissuade them. Healt...
Key players in the Syria crisis have reached agreement on the "key principles" of a way forward towards political transition in the troubled Middle Ea...
History, we are told, is always repeating itself - and it feels to me like we're currently in an early '80s-lite period, at least in politics.
And if I'd read about this on April 1st, I'd have thought the whole thing was a giant April Fool's prank. But, apparently, Louise Mensch, MP, is venturing in to the world of social media by launching a rival service to Twitter.
The UK government is to boycott England's Euro 2012 quarter-final on Sunday because of concerns over human rights in Ukraine, Downing Street said. ...
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was "criminal" not to teach children "an appreciation of culture" and announced the publication of a national cu...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after failing in his bid to avoid extradition to...
MP Nadine Dorries has taken to Twitter to silence critics who have accused her of wrongdoing after accusations she paid her student daughter £39,999 ...
David Miliband has delivered a positive assessment of his brother's prospects of becoming prime minister. The former foreign secretary insisted Lab...
I met Zac Goldsmith through a friend. I found him so inspiring and genuine that I helped out on his political campaign. Zac was elected and is now MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston.
David Cameron has met Russian president Vladimir Putin for talks on the fringe of the G20 summit in Mexico which are thought to have focused on the si...
Parents and teachers at a school resisting academy status will visit Westminster to urge Education Secretary Michael Gove to pay the primary a visit. ...
According to recent headlines, politics goes hand-in-hand with another ‘p’ word – posh. With perfect timing, the play Posh at the Duke of...
David Cameron is to join a meeting of world leaders in Mexico on Monday where a long-term solution to Europe's economic turmoil is likely to be top on...
Europe's leaders must be ready to take tough political decisions to resolve the eurozone crisis, or face the threat of "perpetual stagnation" or a hug...
The first six months of 2012 saw 8 journalists and writers murdered in Mexico; that shameful statistic puts this summer's G20 host country ahead of co...
The last thing Europe and Greece needs is another set of elections and more indecision. We need to see the new Greek government formed within hours committed to paying its way in the world.
Today, international summits are best known for complex wrangling and fragile consensus. And yet the current situation is even more urgent. Greenhouse gas emissions are projected to rise by 50% before the end of the century, resulting in a global average temperature increase of between 3°C and 6°C.
Belonging to and campaigning for the Lib Dems is now not merely fruitless, but positively destructive. For all the welcome crumbs they have pilfered from the Tory table, history will surely remember today's Lib Dems for supporting a brutal austerity government.
Official projections indicate that the Conservative New Democracy party have won the Greek election by 2%. Greek radical left head Alexis Tsipras ...
We're all in this together? Not since Marie Antoinette's infamous "let them eat cake" has a phrase so neatly captured the class divide. For despite what the likes of David Cameron and his erstwhile chum, the former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks, might once have thought - we are blatantly not all in this together.
There is no going back on democracy in Egypt, USA Secretary of State Hilary Clinton declared Thursday about the Egyptian two-day presidential runoff elections taking place this weekend...The low voter turnout during day one of the runoffs was telling that something is rotten in the state of Egypt.
