Britain should stay out of plans to bail-out Portugal, the shadow chancellor has said. |  |
The Liberal Democrats are expected to push for a wholesale adoption of next week's report by the Vickers Banking Commission. |  |
The government's much-criticised NHS reforms faced a new crisis today, when Tory MPs started to rebel over the plans. |  |
Tory MPs are lining up against any British contribution to the Portuguese bail-out. |  |
Waiting lists in the NHS are already increasing just one year into coalition government, Iain Duncan Smith has admitted. |  |
George Osborne has seized on the crisis in Portugal as a sign that the coalition took the right action when it launched an austerity drive. |  |
Nick Clegg has given an intensely candid interview, expressing his sadness over the personal attacks he faces as deputy prime minister. |  |
Young people are being encouraged to stand as independents in local politics today, as Martin Bell promotes non-party politics in the UK. |  |
The Department of Health has indicated changes to the health bill will be minimal, despite the launch of a two-month "listening exercise". |  |
A total of 44 MPs had their expenses claims rejected in the final two months of 2010, the parliamentary watchdog has revealed. |  |
Plans for a western extension to the congestion charge zone will not go ahead even if Ken Livingstone returns to power, he has admitted. |  |
The alternative vote would lead to five times more spoiled ballots and disenfranchise the poorest voters, the No to AV campaign has claimed. |  |
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Andrew Lansley have presented a united front as they try to defend their plans for NHS reforms. |  |
Today will be a "Black Wednesday for millions of families across Britain", shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said. |  |
A cap on the number of non-EU migrants coming to the UK has been imposed, after years of debate. |  |
Former Tory Cabinet minister Lord Fowler today called for an independent inquiry into phone-hacking. |  |
The Department for International Development cannot yet asses the "value for money" of many of the aid projects it funds, a report has said. |  |
Nick Clegg was today accused of hypocrisy as he laid out the government's strategy to tackle social mobility. |  |
Evidence has been submitted to MPs which flatly contradicts statements from the acting deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police to Commons committees. |  |
