DUP takes legal action against BBC over exclusion from debate

Robinson says fact voters outside NI cannot vote for party doesn’t render its views irrelevant

Opinion polls no encouragement as Labour seeks momentum

Ed Miliband makes right noises in car factory visit but his campaign remains stalled

Cameron calling for debates role for Northern Ireland parties

Mention of Northern Ireland parties seen as tactic to keep broadcasters on defensive

Ukip leader Nigel Farage faces threat from comedian

Al Murray, aka the Pub Landlord, aims to give Ukip leader a run for his money in UK election

More gains expected for Ukip after Tory defector takes seat

Question is whether more Tories will jump in case they fall to Ukip surge in May

EU states can refuse benefits to migrants, top court rules

‘Economically inactive EU citizens’ seeking aid in other member states may be excluded from benefits

UK defiant after German warning on EU migration

National interest comes first, says chancellor George Osborne after ‘Der Spiegel’ story

David Cameron faces pressure on EU migration rules

New report finds Britain’s immigration system has huge backlog of cases

EU free movement not negotiable, says Juncker

New European Commission head speaks of ‘principle’ of migrants’ rights

European Parliament group led by Ukip collapses

Eurosceptic party set to lose access to millions of euro in funding

Ukip’s challenge gathers momentum with by-election wins which heap pressures on Conservatives and Labour

UK can win concessions from EU, says Osborne

Chancellor promises better deal for Britain before referendum on membership of union

Conservative MP Mark Reckless quits to join Ukip

Latest blow to Cameron announced gleefully by Ukip leader at party conference

Private funeral of Ian Paisley held in Co Down

Tributes paid in Northern Assembly to former First Minister and DUP leader

Scottish No side seizes on threat to banks, oil firms

Former deputy leader of Scottish National Party warns of ‘day of reckoning’

Cameron immigrant benefits plan faces EU investigation

Restriction of jobseekers’ benefit would ensure Britain was not ‘soft option’, says PM

Conservatives top UKIP to win significant byelection

Farage claims Newark outcome a ‘big result’ for party despite losing by some 7,000 votes

Ukip success puts pressure on David Cameron

UK has seen ‘an earthquake’, Farage says after storming performance

Sinn Féin and DUP retain positions as key parties

SDLP, Ulster Unionists and Alliance all find individual results to highlight

Ukip discord at mini-carnival in Croyden

The party’s effort to combat allegations of racism descend into chaos

New party wants to split euro into blocs

Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany party launches second bid for power

New EU rules to protect migrants outlaw ‘pushback’ operations

Under new law border guards may only ‘warn and order’ vessels not to enter territorial waters of member state

All is changed, changed utterly

Analysis: Britain and Ireland are delighted with the successful State visit

Clegg rejects ‘politics of blame’ and says voters want to be able to embrace hope

Economic downturn has fuelled intolerance, says Liberal Democrats leader

Farage appeals to City to support campaign for EU exit

Flamboyant Ukip leader says Euro MPs were hostile to the British finance industry

New party seeks euro exit and end to immigration

National Independent Party to run European election candidates in new South constituency

Osborne warns of £25bn in further cuts

UK set to endure extended austerity as chancellor targets welfare expenditure

Cameron’s tough talk on immigration sparked by Ukip electoral threat

PM’s remarks may be seen as ‘nasty’, European Commission warns

Cameron to restrict welfare benefits for new EU migrants

Intervention ahead of lifting of EU restrictions an attempt to address concerns of influx

Ulster Unionist Party unity may actually expose weakness

Leader Mike Nesbitt’s opposition to Maze peace and reconciliation centre could lead to charge he is afraid of history

Offensive remarks of Ukip MEP raise questions about what is acceptable

Opinion: Tide of irrationality and abuse not created, but facilitated by social media

The English are feeling more English and increasingly less British, report claims

Englishness emerging more clearly as a result of devolution elsewhere in UK, says report co-author

Cameron wins Commons vote on EU referendum

Victory largely symbolic for British PM as it will not tie hands of a future government

British MPs to debate gay marriage plans

Moves to legislate for gay marriage has been championed by David Cameron

Cameron gives ground to worried rank and file

Commitments on international aid and anti-smoking measures dropped

Queen’s speech to focus on immigration

Proposed curbs likely to be in response to UKIP election gains

Proposal for an Anglophone Europe lost in translation

Column: Ironies abound in German proposal to make English the EU’s lingua franca

Cameron responds to Ukip support rise by pledging immigrant housing restrictions

Prime 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 immigrants

Nick Clegg calls for restrictions on immigration into UK

Deputy prime minister abandons key Liberal Democrats pledge to illegal immigrants

Cameron tries to connect with grassroots at Conservative Party’s spring conference

Many Tories uncomfortable with British prime minister’s modernising agenda

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