Colleagues back Brown as challenge falls flatBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown was last night supported by Cabinet colleagues following a demand by two senior former ministers…Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Climate talks 'cannot be held to ransom by handful of countries'INTERNATIONAL negotiations next year to agree carbon emission cuts cannot be held “to ransom by a handful of countries”, British…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Wales to seek 'opt-out' organ donation systemORGANS COULD be taken for transplant from all deceased people in Wales unless their families declare outright objections, under…Sat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
80 MPs appeal demand to repay £1m in expensestEIGHTY MPs, far more than expected, have lodged appeals to demands by a House of Commons inquiry that they repay up to £1 million…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
British MPs go to US court to seek files on renditionBRITISH MPs are to go to court in a landmark legal case in the United States in a bid to force the authorities there to release…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
BA strike called off as court overrules ballotBRITISH AIRWAYS flights will operate over Christmas, following yesterday’s decision of the high court in London to rule that …Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Boys aged 10 charged with rape of eight-year-old girlTWO 10-year-old boys, who are just over the age of criminal responsibility in the United Kingdom, have each charged with the …Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Blow to UK plans to use intercepted evidenceTHE BRITISH government’s plans to allow secret recordings of criminals and terrorists to be used as evidence in court has suffered…Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Tax rises delayed until after electionUK PRE-BUDGET: SIGNIFICANT RISES in taxes and stiff spending curbs will be imposed to cope with Britain’s growing national debt…Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Medical journal queries Tamiflu pneumonia claimsEVIDENCE that Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in healthy people who develop seasonal influenza has been questioned…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Giving cows garlic breath could save planet by reducing methane outputGARLIC IS blessed with a reputation for curing everything from the common cold to toothacheTue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Brown to cut senior civil servants' pay by 20%THE BILL for senior British civil servants’ pay is to be cut by one-fifth over the next three years, British prime minister Gordon…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
General told Blair to delay Iraq war over planning 'shambles'TONY BLAIR was told days before American and British troops entered Iraq in 2003 to delay the invasion because preparations to…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Squatters in former Blunkett house highlight empty luxury homesONCE A home for senior British politicians, including former home secretary David Blunkett, 62 South Eaton Place in London’s …Sat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
British scientists in spotlight over use of climate dataCLIMATE CHANGE scientists in East Anglia at the centre of a worldwide controversy after it emerged that they had manipulated …Sat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
Hoon blocked Iraq invasion preparations, inquiry hearsEFFORTS BY British military chiefs to prepare for an Iraq invasion in late 2002 were blocked by then-defence secretary Geoff …Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Heaney calls for Poets' Corner honour for HughesUNITED FOR decades with Ted Hughes in friendship, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is backing discreet efforts to win a place for…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Blair should have pushed for better deal, inquiry toldFORMER BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair should have pushed for greater concessions from the Americans before agreeing to back…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Iraq inquiry will not find on legality of invasionTHE INQUIRY into the Iraq invasion, which begins in London tomorrow, will not adjudicate on whether it was legal or not, its …Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Dementia patients worse off after UK hospitals, report findsPEOPLE WITH dementia, who occupy one in four of all hospital beds in the United Kingdom, stay longer in hospital than other patients…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Brown may withdraw support for Blair in EU jobBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown may withdraw support from Tony Blair's still-undeclared candidacy for the presidency of the…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Ex-military chiefs attack Brown's Afghan resolveTHE EFFORT by British prime minister Gordon Brown to ease growing public concern about the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan has…Sat Nov 07 2009 - 00:00
Cameron pledges referendums on EU treatiesA BRITISH Conservative government would pass legislation to guarantee that future European Union treaties are put to referendum…Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
Tighter expenses regime for MPs set to be in place by springTHE DECADES-OLD expenses regime enjoyed by British House of Commons MPs is to be radically overhauled, including bans on allowances…Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
British government to invest £30bn in two banksTHE BRITISH government will invest a further £30 billion into the UK’s two biggest troubled banks, which will both have to sell…Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Minister to repay £14,000 expensesFORMER LABOUR minister Tony McNulty, who claimed House of Commons expenses for a house in which his parents live in London, has…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
British plans for devolution of NI justice due todayBRITISH PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown will today publish the British Government’s proposals for devolution of policing and justice…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
BBC reviews BNP appearance after wave of complaintsTHE DECISION by the BBC to invite British National Party leader Nick Griffin to appear on its flagship Question Time programme…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Party leaders in UK must repay or clarify expensesBRITAIN’S THREE main party leaders, including prime minister Gordon Brown, should all repay, or supply extra information about…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Brown's plan to sell assets meets strong disapprovalBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown’s plans, announced yesterday, to sell off billions worth of state assets to reduce the United…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Turning points for a taoiseachAUTOBIOGRAPHY : Bertie Ahern may not have put his Mahon Tribunal dealings at the centre of his autobiography but fury towards…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Bono sings the praises of Tories on foreign aidU2 LEAD singer and development aid campaigner Bono has clearly decided to have an each-way bet on the British election, judging…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Pay-freeze among cuts promised by ToriesMAJOR SPENDING cutbacks, including a pay-freeze for four million public workers, a higher pension age and sharp reductions in…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Tory election win 'not in the bag', conference toldTHE CONSERVATIVES will need to win a historically large majority in next year’s House of Commons elections to have the authority…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Brown delivers imperfect pitch as economy pushes Labour towards exitANALYSIS: Cursed with endless bad headlines and awful poll results, British prime minister Gordon Brown needs the Conservatives…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Lazy reporters won't let the truth get in the way of a good storyBRIGHTON LETTER: The BBC’s decision to ask the British leader a question about his mental health has provoked furyThu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Brown insists he can win battle with CameronLABOUR CONFERENCE: BRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown yesterday launched a bid to restore the Labour Party’s fortunes, warning…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Dog-fighting gang with Irish links jailedSEVEN PEOPLE, including one woman linked to a major Northern Ireland dog-fighting ring, were jailed in the north of England yesterday…Sat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Brown labours under new pressureGORDON BROWN spoke hurriedly to United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday night as the latter made his way out of the United…Sat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Chef Keith Floyd dies aged 65 - after a fine three-course mealCARELESS WITH money, generous to his friends, chef Keith Floyd died at home yesterday of a heart attack – but appropriately, …Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Life for airline bomb plottersTHREE BRITISH-BORN Muslims who plotted to blow up transatlantic aircraft in mid-flight from Heathrow to the United States and…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Tories will cut public spending, says LabourLEADING BRITISH Labour Party figures, who are facing defeat in next year’s general election, have rounded on the Conservative…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Mail strikes cause postal delays to UKSIGNIFICANT DELAYS in sending letters and parcels to the United Kingdom through the post are expected following a series of one…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
TUC to press for public spendingUNION LEADERS are expected to press British prime minister Gordon Brown to guarantee public spending and raise taxes on the rich…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
MI6 faces torture investigationBRITAIN’S MI6 intelligence service is to be investigated over allegations that one of its agents tortured a non-British prisoner…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Amateurs pose main terror threat, say expertsFUTURE TERRORIST plots, such as the bid to blow up seven airliners in 2006, which led to multiple convictions this week, could…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Sue Irish in US, says Libyan ministerIRISH-AMERICANS should be sued for giving money to the IRA since the 1970s if Libya is to face demands for tens of millions worth…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Deal with Libya on IRA victims close, claims lawyerTHE LAWYER heading the effort to win compensation for the families of 100 people killed by Libyan-supplied explosives in IRA …Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
UK denies not pressing Libya over IRA victimsTHE BRITISH government has rejected charges that prime minister Gordon Brown refused to press Libya to pay compensation to IRA…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry into jockey deaths continuesMembers of the family of the 18-year-old Galway jockey, Jamie Kyne killed in a suspicious fire in a flat in North Yorkshire at…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
