Would elected mayors ‘put the rockets’ on northern cities?
George Osborne has returned to that old favourite – elected mayors. A Heseltine old favourite, to be precise, developed during his period in the political wilderness.
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George Osborne has returned to that old favourite – elected mayors. A Heseltine old favourite, to be precise, developed during his period in the political wilderness.
After my brief car park conversation with former Newark MP Patrick Mercer, he scraped an adjacent car as he drove away. A witness to the incident said he’d voted Ukip after voting Tory for 30 years.
Later today, in the town square in Newark, I have an appointment with a gentleman who has promised me that I can rap him over the head with a rolled-up newspaper (a la Godfrey Bloom).
Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing other EU leaders to embrace reform following the political “earthquake” that saw eurosceptic parties succeed in the European elections.
Are Ukip’s results the sign of an earthquake or a tremor? Their share of the vote may be slightly down, but the party has learned a lot in time for 2015.
One of the police officers in Downing Street on the night of the “plebgate” incident boasted to a friend that she could bring down the government.
With the prospect of success in this week’s European elections, right-wing parties are creating a new, Eurosceptic bloc. Pauline Lockwood looks at the policies behind this new political grouping.
It’s now clear Ukip got a huge struggle on their hands if they hope to gain their first elected MP in the Newark by-election on 5 June.
The general election is exactly a year away and predicting a winner has never been harder. Channel 4 News looks at three banana skins that could change everything.
The former Deputy Speaker could not hide his emotions as he was cleared of rape and charges of sexual or indecent assault.
This, the 13th day of this trial, was the day when Nigel Evans MP got the chance to start giving evidence in his own defence. He confirmed to the court that he had no previous convictions; had never been arrested, and never even been in a police station as a suspect on anything. Pre News…
The Twenty20 World Cup starts in Bangladesh today, and England officially start an international tournament without their mercurial genius, Kevin Pietersen. How will they fare?
Tony Benn was for decades the most independent-minded and passionate voice of the hard left at Westminster – but how much did we really know about him?
A court hears that the former chief whip refused to act on allegations that the former deputy speaker Nigel Evans committed a sexual assault.
The jury, sworn in this morning, were given a list of people who may be appearing as possible witnesses for the prosecution. This list includes nine current MPs.