Queen’s speech to focus on immigrationProposed curbs likely to be in response to UKIP election gainsWed May 08 2013 - 06:44
UKIP’s rise threatens to spur Eurosceptic tone in British politicsConservatives suffer badly at the hands of smaller parties, but Labour could also face problemsSat May 04 2013 - 06:36
Nate Silver’s predictions for our digital futureThe statistician who correctly forecast each state’s results in last year’s US presidential election shares some of the keys to successSat May 04 2013 - 06:00
Former Irish priest to be extradited from the UK to face sexual chargesCarney arrested under European Arrest WarrantSat May 04 2013 - 06:00
UKIP’s local election success gives anti-EU party hope of Commons gains in 2015British politics landscape fracturing: none of the biggest parties won more than 30%Sat May 04 2013 - 05:04
Could Surrey be on the road to becoming a pothole-free county?Road contractors are offering 10-year ‘pothole-free’ guaranteesFri May 03 2013 - 05:41
Goldman Sachs deal over tax ‘unlawful’Campaigning group UK Uncut takes case to High Court in LondonFri May 03 2013 - 05:14
Outsourced IT offers hackers access to key control systemsDismal future beckons unless the battle for cyber-security is won, leading British academics tell Mark Hennessy, London EditorThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Google evidence to MPs in doubt amid claims over role of Dublin officeAllegations that much of Dublin unit’s work is done by company’s London officeWed May 01 2013 - 22:44
Local elections could dictate political mood over the next two yearsAlmost 1,800 UK Independence Party candidates contesting seats in Thursday’s local elections in England and WalesWed May 01 2013 - 06:49
Haughey did not want political status for IRAPapers give details about final days of hunger striker Raymond McCreeshSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Women bearing brunt of Britain’s economic woesNearly 1m public service jobs will go by 2018Fri Apr 26 2013 - 07:00
Ballymore to sell prime London siteDeveloper hopes to raise £150m from Royal Wharf sale and cut Nama debtFri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
UK MPs slam big accounting firmsAccountants giving agressive tax advice to companies and individualsFri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
UK shale gas might not depress pricesCommons report says communities should be encouraged to accept new processFri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
Haughey’s stand over Falklands damaged Anglo-Irish relations, says former officialNot his finest hour, Aylward tells Thatcher’s official biographerThu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
‘She did not hate the Irish, she hated the terrorists,’ says Thatcher’s official biographerCharles Moore claims dementia to blame for comments to MandelsonThu Apr 25 2013 - 05:00
Irish food standards agency did not want to prosecute beef industry over horse-meat scandal, inquiry toldFood Safety Authority of Ireland rejects charges as ‘a fantastic theory’Wed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
Parades Commission’s powers over marching season must be respected, warns NI Secretary Theresa VilliersGood Friday Agreement has entrenched divisions, some MPs declare in Commons debateWed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
The conservatory party: Eric Pickles feels the heat over loosening of planning rulesAttempts to change rules governing extensions have met with resistanceFri Apr 19 2013 - 05:00
Thatcher’s funeral a very English affairSupporters out-number former PM’s detractors on London’s streetsThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Circus owners to be barred from using wild animals in acts in BritainMinisters act to satisfy demand made by MPs 18 months agoWed Apr 17 2013 - 07:00
Heavy security for Thatcher funeralBible reading chosen by Margaret Thatcher urges people ‘to put on the armour of God’ to stand against the wiles of the devilWed Apr 17 2013 - 06:00
London to ‘stop all the clocks’ to mark Thatcher’s passingBig Ben’s chimes to be silenced for funeralTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Protests in London today over Thatcher’s legacy could lead to violence, police fearAuthorities face major challenge in coping with three protests and FA Cup semi-finalSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:39
Question: Has the gleeful reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s death reflected poorly on the traditional British left?Sat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Today’s breed of Tories probably more Thatcherite than those of her dayFor many of them David Cameron is a pale imitation of the Iron LadyFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:22
Quinn to attend Thatcher funeralDecision to send minister in line with rules laid down by No. 10 Downing StreetThu Apr 11 2013 - 22:56
Thatcher’s legacy provokes divisions during House of Commons tributesThatcherism ’a heinous crime’, says one Labour MPThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
‘Daily Mail’ owner takes sentimental journeySunnybank in Chapelizod was the childhood home of newspaper magnate Lord NorthcliffeThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Northern Ireland slipping down London’s agenda 15 years on from Belfast AgreementNI politicians bridle at lack of access to No 10Wed Apr 10 2013 - 06:00
Margaret Thatcher to be buried next week with military honours as Britain pays tributeFormer British prime minister dies in London following strokeTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Lincolnshire’s battle against wind farmsThe county council said last year it does not want the county covered by ‘a forest’ of turbinesTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Financial woes leave Scottish football facing uncertain timesDunfermline Athletic the latest to enter administrationMon Apr 01 2013 - 01:00
MPs fear UK banks will copy BoI’s tracker rate increaseCommons chairman complains UK Financial Services Authority failed to answer questionsSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Welfare reforms to start in UK on Monday the biggest in 60 yearsBenefits to be capped, housing benefit to be cut for those with spare bedroomsFri Mar 29 2013 - 22:51
British tourism attempts to attract tourists from emerging marketsVisitors to the UK spend on average £1,200, much of it on goods that attract luxury taxes in their own countriesFri Mar 29 2013 - 06:00
British judge jails Romanian criminals, warning that Britain will not be ‘a soft touch’Gang will face 83 years in jailThu Mar 28 2013 - 20:23
Miliband’s exit from politics greatly mourned by the faithfulThe elder brother has struggled to define himself since beaten by his brother for Labour’s leadershipThu Mar 28 2013 - 12:30
Ward work to be obligatory for student nurses in EnglandReforms forced after Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal caused 2,000 early deathsWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
NI corporation tax rate cut out until after Scottish independence vote, says CameronRobinson and McGuinness say decision could be taken immediately 'if there was political will’Tue Mar 26 2013 - 21:44
Cameron launches assault on immigrationBritish prime minister says he will ‘show the door’ to those seeking a life on benefitsTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:36
Irish actor jailed in film tax fraudNewry-born Aoife Madden (32) one of five who tried to claim tax breaks for £19m film they never intended to makeMon Mar 25 2013 - 22:24
Immigration issue key to electoral success for UkipLocal elections in early May may tell much about the UK Independence Party’s future fortunesMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00
Cameron responds to Ukip support rise by pledging immigrant housing restrictionsPrime minister says migrants must pay tax for two years to be eligible for council housing, while Ukip leader Nigel Farage proposes range of restrictions for new immigrantsMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00
Nama chief delivers upbeat progress reportLondon audience told agency not selling 'low-hanging fruit'Sat Mar 23 2013 - 08:36
Nick Clegg calls for restrictions on immigration into UKDeputy prime minister abandons key Liberal Democrats pledge to illegal immigrantsSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:27
Death on the Rock: 25 years laterThe details of the SAS’s killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988 are still deeply contested, as a new play reminds usSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
