Government departments are being ordered to set aside billions of pounds in "rainy day" funds as part of moves to tighten financial management. The...
Now MPs are back in parliament, Westminster is abuzz once more. We've seen new Respect MP George Galloway being sworn in, the first PMQs since the...
Michael Portillo has said he won't be voting for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral elections. Speaking on BBC's This Week on Thursday evening, th...
A UK Independence Party MEP has repaid £31,000 to the European Parliament after a "misunderstanding" over expenses rules, Ukip announced today. Th...
More than 120 MPs have condemned a bid to prosecute former Cabinet minister Peter Hain for 'scandalising a judge'. Northern Ireland Attorney Genera...
The British National Party's candidate for Liverpool Mayor, Mike Whitby, has been accused of renting a "redundant pigeon shed" in the city in order to...
Ken Livingstone has admitted he uses private healthcare after a Labour MP described him as "tired out". A spokesman for the Labour Mayoral candida...
Historian Dr David Starkey has compared Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler. "If you think about it, Alex Salmo...
The government needs to be prepared to launch attacks on-line, according to one of the country's most senior security experts. Professor Sir David...
Labour today accused David Cameron of "knowingly misleading the public" after the Prime Minister went on the attack in the House of Commons over its o...
MPs returned to the House of Commons refreshed from their holidays, to judge from the display at this afternoon's Prime Minister's Questions. With...
Coalition MPs will attempt to derail Chancellor George Osborne's "pasty tax" when it is debated in the Commons today. Liberal Democrats and Conserv...
The House of Lords should be relocated to Manchester, according to a former Labour cabinet minister. Lord Adonis argued that moving parliament's up...
Nick Clegg defended plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations today, insisting there had to be "some limit" to an allowance effectively funded b...
Estimates used by George Osborne to justify the axing of the 50p top tax rate are "highly uncertain", an influential group of MPs warned today. The...
British households have come under increased pressure from an unexpected rise in inflation, defying expectations by economic forecasters. The Cons...
The former Labour Minister who introduced the Freedom of Information Act told MPs it should be rewritten to protect secrecy in government decision-mak...
Police are investigating claims a veteran councillor punched a mayor in the face in a row over parking charges. Grandmother-of-two Marjorie Simpson...
Police officers who fail their fitness test should be subject to disciplinary action, according to the chief of the Metropolitan Police. Speaking t...
The UK Independence Party has overtaken the LibDems for the first time ever, according to a new poll. In a YouGov poll conducted for The Sun, the ...
Ed Miliband''s aide Lucy Powell has been chosen to be Labour's parliamentary candidate for the Manchester Central constituency. Powell, the party...
Home Secretary Theresa May allowed "too much drift and delay" in the Government's bid to send radical cleric Abu Qatada back to Jordan, Labour has cla...
More than a third of Londoners think Boris Johnson is a "mayor for the rich", according to a poll published on Monday. However this has apparently ...
Mayor of London Boris Johnson this morning subjected himself to a grilling by the users of Mumsnet. One of the questions was whether David Cameron loo...
Ministers are preparing to back down on a controversial decision over the type of jet that will be flown from the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, ...
