UK Politics

Senior Shadow Cabinet figures in row over 'cash for influence'

Shadow Cabinet members have been accused of potential conflicts of interest after their offices were shown to be funded by companies that have direct interests in their policy portfolios.

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MPs lose legal fight to keep expenses secret

Friday, 16 May 2008

The House of Commons has lost its High Court battle over an information watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses.

PM: tax move a necessity, not a political ploy

Friday, 16 May 2008

Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of being "in denial" after claiming the £2.7bn package to compensate losers from the abolition of the 10p tax rate was designed to help Britain survive the global economic storm.

Brown against cut in abortion limit

Friday, 16 May 2008

Gordon Brown will vote against the reduction in the upper time limit for abortion in next week's Commons debate on the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

Musical fallout: Pop goes the politician...

Friday, 16 May 2008

1. Paul Weller & David Cameron In the latest proof that politics and pop do not mix, David Cameron's attempt to show that you can be a Tory and yet be into raw protest songs has earned a scathing rejection from the singer/songwriter Paul Weller. The "Modfather" was disgusted to hear that Mr Cameron had selected the 1979 hit "The Eton Rifles", by The Jam, as his favourite track.

Brown tackles 'rumour and gossip'

Thursday, 15 May 2008

Gordon Brown today insisted he was the right person to guide Britain through difficult economic times, as he continued his effort to reassert his authority in the wake of the worst weeks of his premiership.

Brown tries to lift the gloom with array of new Bills

Thursday, 15 May 2008

Gordon Brown has promised to create an "opportunity-rich Britain" in which everyone could reach their full potential as he tried to escape the political doldrums yesterday.

Cherie: 'Impossible' to omit Kelly death from memoirs

Thursday, 15 May 2008

Cherie Blair today responded to criticism from Dr David Kelly's family by saying it would have been "impossible" to write her memoirs without including information about the Government adviser's death.

Illegal ride on a quad bike lands Soames with a driving ban

Thursday, 15 May 2008

When the Tory MP Nicholas Soames set off on a quad bike to follow a New Year's Day hunt, pulling a trailer occupied by children and a pregnant woman, he may have felt gleefully politically incorrect. But this image – captured by hunt saboteurs and reproduced in a newspaper – came back to haunt him yesterday when he was banned from driving for two months after pleading guilty to riding the vehicle without insurance.