Europe, the budget: what’s changed since November?
David Cameron’s striking a softer tone in this round of EU budget negotiations, knowing that shouting about the veto too much would kick off a round of hostile reactions from European capitals.
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David Cameron’s striking a softer tone in this round of EU budget negotiations, knowing that shouting about the veto too much would kick off a round of hostile reactions from European capitals.
David Cameron heads to Brussels today to resume negotiations with other European leaders about the size of the EU budget.
With the war in Mali and killings at a BP oil plant in the Algerian desert, where is the funding for Islamist militants coming from?
Despite the weak economy, employment is holding up – but earnings and productivity are falling, according to a leading think tank.
The number of apprenticeships continues to soar – but what’s the real story behind the headline? FactCheck investigates.
Prince Harry’s flight instructor claims he suffered “gross mistreatment” at the hands of the army, as Labour calls for independent policing of the armed forces.
From the drizzle to daytime TV, your suggestions for a negative ad campaign (apparently) being planned by the UK government to deter potential immigrants coming here from Romania and Bulgaria.
David Cameron’s claim that the government is “paying down Britain’s debts” provokes anger among some economists and an official complaint from Labour. Does it pass the FactCheck test?
The decision of Greece’s government to invoke emergency powers to order public transport workers back to work is met by a “transportation blackout” from the unions.
Stores closed and jobs lost: it is a bad start to the year for the High Street. The British Retail Consortium says half the country’s shops will cut staff numbers in the first three months of 2013.
The herbal stimulant khat should not be banned in Britain, say official drugs advisers, who also dismiss suggestions that its trade funds terrorism.
Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.
David Cameron says the use of food banks rose tenfold under Labour. What’s the FactCheck verdict?
Skivers versus strivers? It’s not as simple as that – go to Newcastle and you find many people desperately searching for work and anxious not to be stigmatised as scroungers.
A handful of Liberal Democrats threatened to vote no – but the government has seen off a challenge to its plans for a real terms cut in benefit payments.