The grey vote is often assigned wholesale to the Tories - the old, we are told, are inherently conservative, natural backers of austerity, unwilling to take any cuts to their own benefits to help the young. Yet this may not be the case.
Road safety charities and businesses have called on George Osborne to spend more on road safety campaigns for children after the departmental budget w...
It's been a long week for David Cameron. He's fallen asleep while trying to listen to one of his most senior colleagues, he's fought for the limeli...
Nobody should be denied the basic human right to police protection and access to the justice system.
This week had a distinctly continental flavour to it as the economic crisis continued to rage in Europe, and Francois Hollande was sworn in as French ...
The UK has been deploying "weapons of mass destruction" in the South Atlantic and has no right to the "colonial enclave" of the Falklands, according t...
The Labour Party have been accused of "cheating" Milton Keynes residents after it emerged that one of their councillors was formerly second in command...
Feminist attitudes in the 1980s which had an ambivalence towards talking about the family as it was seen as a "site of oppression" were a mistake, Lab...
News International executives briefed David Cameron on "what to say and how to say it" before he met Rupert Murdoch but he "refused to play ball", the...
Controversial comments in Labour MP Peter Hain's autobiography were never intended to undermine the administration of justice in Northern Ireland, the...
Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train every week. Straw said he "made arrangements" ...
Greece is to hold fresh parliamentary elections on June 17 after talks aimed at forming a ruling coalition collapsed on Tuesday. The protracted de...
After the Queen's Speech saw Cameron avoid PMQs for two weeks, Ed Miliband had a lot of material he could use to confront the Prime Minister. So it...
As European politicians struggle to handle the economic crisis, a sharp analysis of the situation has been provided thanks to the Eurovision song cont...
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's decision to veto the publication of a report into the risks of NHS reforms is "permissible" and "not extraordinary" ...
The Government has terminated a contract with welfare-to-work firm A4e after deciding that continuing would be "too great a risk". Employment minis...
The prospect of Greece crashing out of the euro is damaging economies across Europe, including Britain's, Chancellor George Osborne has warned. Unc...
Racist groups used to use football clubs as recruiting grounds, according to former Chelsea footballer Paul Elliott. Speaking to the Commons Cultu...
Admirers may be surprised to see the Iron Lady appears to have made a new career move - promoting compterized airconditioning units. In this ad for...
David Cameron has revealed his favourite album of all time is Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of the Moon'. In a message posted on Facebook, the prime mini...
Respect MP George Galloway has branded Nick Clegg David Cameron’s “political catamite”. Writing in Holyrood Magazine, Galloway used the term ...
Former prime minister Tony Blair has defended religion, warning that a world without faith would be one on a path to "tragedy and disaster". The ex...
Riots may break out in prisons as the Parole Board reaches breaking point, according to a former senior prison official. Without extra money, the ...
Veteran MP George Galloway has said the Scottish independence referendum should include a second question calling for more devolved powers instead of ...
Nick Clegg has often been mocked for looking sad, but he gave a new spin this morning to suggestions that he looked rather hangdog in coalition. C...
