Support for the UK Independence Party has reached a record 19%, according to a poll which saw both Labour and the Tories losing ground. Labour was dow...

George Osborne has insisted his plan is working, telling business leaders "now is not the time to lose our nerve". Spending more to rejuvenate the ...

David Cameron has said British enterprise needs to up its game in the face of growing competition from developing nations at the Welsh Conservatives A...

David Cameron is bringing Boris Johnson's younger brother Jo into Downing Street as his head of policy, it has emerged. Jo Johnson will also be app...

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has admitted his party is not diverse enough and says there needs to be more Lib Dem role models for disabled peopl...

Margaret Thatcher has died aged 87 following a stroke. The first female Prime Minister of Great Britain, her legacy will leave a lasting impressio...

On the same day the Chancellor comes under extreme scrutiny for next year's Budget, George Osborne has chosen to join Twitter, the site where he can b...

Budget 2013 live : Follow George Osborne's announcement here with our 'At A Glance' guide to all the big decisions on the economy. The Government w...

David Cameron urged restive Tories to focus their energies on fighting Labour as he sought to quell unrest among activists over his leadership. He ...

Cameron will seek to reassure restive Tory activists by promising to foster "aspiration" and give school sport a £150 million cash boost. The Prim...

Nick Clegg is to draw on Thatcher's legacy to accuse his Tory coalition partners of being untrustworthy in a conference speech on Friday. Appearin...

The mayor of Middlesbrough has said children from troubled families should be targeted "in the womb" to stop problems in later life. Echoing Tony B...

George Osborne has been thwarted in his efforts to avert a controversial cap on bankers' bonuses. The Chancellor headed to Brussels on Tuesday morn...

Another councillor in Cornwall is facing a backlash after saying there were "too many disabled children" and referring to a disabled child who had die...

As Eastleigh heats up in the south east, little do voters know there's an even more exhausting competition happening only a hop, skip and a jump away....

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith lost his rag on a radio show on Wednesday in a bristling exchange with LBC's James O'Brien over workfare...

Tory MP Nadine Dorries is facing an investigation into her expenses claim by the parliamentary expenses watchdog. The Independent Parliamentary Sta...

Thousands more people are likely to be hit with inheritance tax to pay for an extension in state support for the elderly in a social care cap that bee...

Tony Blair has been awarded by business leaders in Poland to thank him for supporting the country's bid to join the EU, and opening up the British lab...

A "frightening" number of murderers, robbers and rapists have absconded from British prisons over the past three years, figures show, and many may sti...

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

The back of Obama's head is perhaps the most famous profile on social media and looking to the latest Twitter shot of the US President, it shows no si...

David Cameron has used his New Year's message to insist Britain is "heading in the right direction" and can look forward to 2013 with "realism and opt...