Labour MPs on Monday night voted through the doubling of tax on people on low and modest incomes with not a single Labour MP opposing it. The debate could have seen an embarrassing defeat for the Government. But Labour MPs
All the campaigners look as if they are part of the same club. Ken would give Boris a job. Brian could work with Boris. Boris would give Kate a job. Ken can work with Sian... Read Lindsey German's election message
Over the past few weeks, the Left Party candidates Joe Redmond, standing in Adamdown and Karen Tyre, standing in Butetown, have been out campaigning against war, racism, privatisation and poverty. Read about their last 7 days of campaigning.
Nick Clegg has branded the Government's treatment of older people as 'a stain on the moral conscience of this country'. In a speech this morning in London about the crisis in social care for older people, Nick Clegg set out
Home Office officials have considered averting a Commons defeat on 42-day detention by suggesting judges could be empowered to order the release of those being held for more than the current limit of 28 days under control order or a
In the last week we have seen plenty of evidence that the Tories (and Labour, for that matter) are weak on the environment. At the inquiry into the Town Centre Plan, the inspector refused suggestions from Keith Francis and Graham
Scores of children and babies have been locked up in filthy prison cells in Harare as Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, sinks to new depths in his campaign to force the opposition into exile before an expected run-off in presidential elections.
Chelmsford Council's Planning Committee has decided to defer allowing a restaurant, pub or take-away at the bus station, whilst more options are explored. Local residents welcomed the decision and were backed by the local councillor, Lib Dem Jude Deakin
Home Office officials have considered averting a Commons defeat on 42-day detention by suggesting judges could be empowered to order the release of those being held for more than the current limit of 28 days under control order or a
More than 50 Labour MPs will make their average constituent pay more income tax if they vote to double the 10p tax rate today, Liberal Democrat research shows. In total there are 58 constituencies where the average constituent would lose
