After the big election, lots of smaller ones at Westminster
The next three weeks will see huge jockeying for chairmanships of the increasingly powerful select committees, all of which are up for grabs. Campaigning is already well underway.
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The next three weeks will see huge jockeying for chairmanships of the increasingly powerful select committees, all of which are up for grabs. Campaigning is already well underway.
A former army intelligence officer says he alerted MI5 to abuse at Kincora boys’ home, but was told to stop digging. It is not the first time MI5 has been accused of covering up child abuse.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s contract will not be renewed by the BBC, following an investigation into an alleged “fracas” with a producer.
As the IPCC announces it is looking into claims detectives covered up child abuse by politicians and police officers, MI5 faces questions over what it knew and whether it tried to suppress evidence.
Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension from Top Gear following a “fracas” with a producer is not his first brush with controversy. Here are nine of his most infamous moments.
The claim is that Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were happy to use their influence for personal gain. But this would not be the first time that MPs have traded their status in return for money.
First it was Libor. Now Britain’s biggest banks are poised to disclose massive fines for their role in the manipulation of the global foreign exchange market, or Forex.
Labour appears to have sleepwalked into a leadership crisis. But how likely are claims of a new leader to replace him before the 2015 general election? And who might replace him?
As joblessness continues to fall, self-employment has reached record levels. But there is concern about the types of jobs being created.
More than a million public sector workers strike – but last time, in 2011, the action was more a war of words over the turn-out than one of attrition. It wasn’t like that back in the day…
If EU leaders back Jean-Claude Juncker for the post of European Commission president it would be “flicking two fingers” at voters across the continent, Iain Duncan Smith says.
Two reports attacking major areas of the government’s planned benefits reforms suggest there may come a point when the universal credit policy has to be redrawn.
Like Michael Gove, I think there are such things as “British values”. It’s just that I probably won’t agree with him on what they are.
Scottish nationalists are not the only ones trying to redraw the map of Europe. Here are 10 other countries with serious independence movements.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage says he will not fight the Newark by-election sparked by disgraced former Tory minister Patrick Mercer’s decision to quit over a cash-for-questions scandal.