Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:40:51 GMT
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne uses a speech to claim the Tories are the party best placed to tackle poverty.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:21 GMT
The culture secretary refuses to commit public cash for a £79m Olympic shortfall, as he launches a sponsorship drive.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:08:48 GMT
Boris Johnson backtracks after criticising politicians who speak of a 'broken society' - one of David Cameron's favourite phrases.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:41:50 GMT
Two British MEPs say the partial collapse of the European Parliament's ceiling in Strasbourg is a good reason to stop the MEPs' trips there.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:12 GMT
Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles are announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:39 GMT
The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:49:21 GMT
The former Labour MP Leo Abse, who championed gay rights, has died at the age of 91.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:40 GMT
An extra 6,000 special constables are to be recruited in England and Wales with £2.25m of government funds.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:36:17 GMT
Foreign Secretary David Miliband denies relations between himself and the prime minister are frosty.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT
The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:20:01 GMT
Whitehall departments lost data potentially affecting more than four million people in a year, BBC analysis shows.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:30:34 GMT
Downing Street says a jokey video response to calls for Jeremy Clarkson to be PM is not a waste of taxpayers' money.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:02 GMT
PM facing pressure on several fronts as he returns to work
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:29:15 GMT
Another of Boris's team in London steps down
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:12:24 GMT
Tory leader not the first to talk of 'broken society'
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:25:33 GMT
How politicians hit home their views when they resign
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:06:06 GMT
Why Labour is unlikely to go early in Glenrothes
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:16:00 GMT
Tory leader on Brown, Clegg, Blair and himself
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:45:58 GMT
The foreign secretary has pledged UK support to Georgia during a visit to the country's capital Tbilisi.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:42:05 GMT
Gordon Brown leads tributes to a young man who has died from leukaemia after famously documenting his experiences in a blog.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:03:01 GMT
Former prime minister Sir John Major calls for all parties to back guaranteed lottery cash for grassroots sports.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:16:19 GMT
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell tells the BBC there will be no more money beyond the £9.3bn allocated to the 2012 Games.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:18:30 GMT
Tim Parker resigns from his post as Boris Johnson's First Deputy Mayor just after a month after taking up the post.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:58:19 GMT
A union challenges the terms on which the Ministry of Defence is said to be seeking to shed 5,000 civilian jobs.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:57:16 GMT
It will be early next year before up to 10 "eco-towns" planned for England are approved, the government says.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:36:51 GMT
Facial recognition scanners are introduced at Manchester Airport in a bid to improve security and reduce passenger congestion.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:52:46 GMT
Children's Minister Beverley Hughes allocates £4.5m to programmes to unite youngsters from different backgrounds.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:41:46 GMT
David Beckham joins other England football stars to call for an end to knife crime deaths.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:39:27 GMT
Gordon Brown wants to hold European and local elections on the same day for fear of losing twice, the Tories say.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:03:46 GMT
Foreign secretary David Miliband urges "thoroughgoing reform" of Pakistan after president Pervez Musharraf quits.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:15:24 GMT
Recession looms in the UK as firms face "a difficult and risky climate", the British Chambers of Commerce warns.
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:09 GMT
Ministers confirm the profiles of nearly 40,000 children never convicted of a crime are retained on the DNA database.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:08 GMT
Tory leader David Cameron pledges to be as radical a social reformer as Margaret Thatcher was an economic reformer.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:42:19 GMT
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has led the tributes at the Fife funeral of Labour MP John MacDougall.
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:50:36 GMT
A minister suggests a tax on high earners to help the middle classes through the current economic slowdown.
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:51:08 GMT
The environment minister tells Prince Charles he must prove his claims that GM crops could cause global disaster.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:08:30 GMT
Schools, rubbish collections and ferry crossings are disrupted as council workers stage a 24-hour walkout over pay.
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:42:44 GMT
Dummy puff/betsan blog
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:07:31 GMT
Ian Paisley Junior explains comments in which he called for dissident republicans to be shot on sight.
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:52:05 GMT
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An investigation is promised after an assembly member finds medical papers by bin bags in a block of flats.
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:40:08 GMT
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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:38:07 GMT
A guide to the key members of the Liberal Democrat front bench team.
Wed, 11 May 2005 10:56:32 GMT
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Links to parties and other useful websites covering UK politics.
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:03:56 GMT
What is Parliament for and how does it work?
Fri, 11 May 2007 10:51:26 GMT
Full coverage of The Blair Years
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:22:58 GMT
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is resigning after nine years in power, amid impeachment charges based on claims he violated the constitution.
