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London Mayor Boris Johnson challenges his Conservative leadership rival George Osborne to protect the low paid when his welfare reforms are introduced.
Jon Snow
The exhibition by the great Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy is remarkable and dominated by the pressure and suffering the Chinese authorities have subjected him.
It was the unswayability of the left vote that put Alexis Tsipras straight back into the prime ministerial mansion he resigned from a month ago, calling a snap election.
The four contenders clash over immigration, benefits cuts, “making excuses” for Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the Iraq war.
Which Labour leadership candidate would print money? Who wants to build 2 million houses? Who thinks George Osborne might be right about running a surplus?
Migrants are being demonised by some politicians and many people believe they are a burden on the state. This is why they are wrong.
Chancellor George Osborne says new figures showing GDP growth of 0.7% show Britain’s economy is producing as much per head ‘as ever before’
Government plans to build more affordable homes are being frustrated by the poor performance of housing associations, official figures show.
The latest polls show collapse in popular support for Spain’s leftist Podemos party, as its Greek ally Syriza is forced to implement a harsh austerity package.
Mhairi Black, the youngest MP in the Commons, tells the house that she is the only 20-year-old in the UK the chancellor is prepared to help with housing costs following last week’s budget.
Eurozone leaders have reached an agreement to provide an 86bn euro bailout to keep the near-bankrupt Greece in the single currency.
George Osborne has pledged to create a “higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare” Britain as he unveiled the first Tory-only Budget for nearly 20 years.
Fracking could reduce house prices, increase traffic, noise and damage the landscape in rural communities, according to a government report which has now been published in full.
Siobhan Kennedy
It’s taken a three-year investigation but today the Airports Commission announced what many had expected – that a third runway at Heathrow is the preferred option to expand the UK’s airport capacity.
While the far left government will pose the referendum as a vote for or against austerity, the right will say it’s an in-out vote for the single currency and the EU itself.