Russia: EU sanctions inch forward again
Don’t hold your breath for a thunderclap of judgement on Russia tomorrow at the EU foreign ministers’ gathering. You might get some tough rhetoric but you will not see a major escalation of sanctions.
Don’t hold your breath for a thunderclap of judgement on Russia tomorrow at the EU foreign ministers’ gathering. You might get some tough rhetoric but you will not see a major escalation of sanctions.
Vladimir Putin’s closest allies face sanctions if the Russian president does not help secure the MH17 crash site, UK politicians warn but Mr Putin dismisses such threats.
David Cameron’s reshuffle exposes a lack of legal experience in the upper ranks of government – not to mention a growing pool of unhappy men in their 50s on the backbenches.
The day of a major cabinet reshuffle can often be used for other purposes, for example quietly unveiling a report into the much-criticised “bedroom tax”. So is the much-maligned policy working?
Prime Minister David Cameron promotes some new faces to his cabinet. But can you tell the difference between the real deal and the actors pretending to be politicians in shows like The Thick of It?
William Hague stands down as foreign secretary and is replaced by Philip Hammond. Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as education secretary and Kenneth Clarke exits.
Live updates from Downing Street as the prime minister reshuffles his cabinet.
Kenneth Clarke’s “retirement” from in the latest reshuffle will not have been voluntary. Meanwhile, Mr Cameron is likely to honour a pledge to give women a third of government jobs.
Has David Cameron timed his cabinet reshuffle to free up a cabinet minister to go to Brussels and become a European commissioner?
The Home Office is appointing a senior legal figure to carry out a fresh review into how a dossier alleging paedophile activity at Westminster in the 1980s was handled by the department.
As David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, the prime minister says “no-one is above the law”.
The prime minister has ventured to Perth – known as Scotland’s Hampshire – to ask reticent no voters to take heart and campaign openly against independence.
Labour goes on the attack over the government’s handling of the NHS, but David Cameron says things are improving. FactCheck gets its scalpel out.
David Cameron says he can “deliver” on European Union reforms, despite a failed attempt to block former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker’s path to the European Commission presidency.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says European leaders went back on private promises to back Prime Minister David Cameron in his battle to block an appointee for EU Commission president.