AFTER the expenses scandal, many members of the public might think their local MP deserves a good slap.

DAVID Cameron has been accused of "double standards" after he agreed he would allow a referendum that could lead to more powers for the Welsh Assembly.

THE Prime Minister said he wanted to create an economy with "jobs for all" as he campaigned in Glasgow yesterday.

THE financial crisis is likely to add up to £1.5 trillion to the national debt, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The surge comes from the huge liabi

AS A piece of perfectly designed street pageantry. the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in London always seems in a class of its own. The whole event is striking for i

THE poor countries of the world cannot delay acting on global warming by blaming climate change on the rich, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned ahead of a key meeting of G

A CONSERVATIVE MP who said she would stand down from parliament after being caught up in the expenses row has changed her mind.

THE "enforcer" brought in to ensure the proposed reforms to MPs' expenses were implemented stringently plans to scrap them, it has emerged.

THE mother of the most senior of the five soldiers gunned down by a rogue Afghan policeman has called for British troops to be brought home.

DAVID Cameron has spoken frankly about his faith in God and his dread of losing another child.

A BRITISH soldier who died in southern Afghanistan was last night remembered as the "toughest of men and the gentlest of friends".

THE world's leading finance ministers were being treated to a distinctly Scottish dinner as they settled in for the G20 summit last night.

THE sacking of the government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, has caused "serious concern" in the scientific community, science minister Lord Drayson

GORDON Brown will today make clear he will not be "deterred, dissuaded or diverted" from Britain's mission in Afghanistan, despite a new poll showing nearly three-

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron was yesterday hit by a backlash over his pledge to regain powers from Europe while ditching his promise to hold a referendum.

THE Bank of England has decided to pump an extra £25 billion directly into the economy through its scheme of quantitative easing (QE) in a bid to end the longest Briti

HUSBANDS and wives who work for their MP spouses are preparing a High Court challenge to new rules which will force them to be sacked from their parliamentary jobs.

THE threat of major disruption to postal services over Christmas has been lifted, after union leaders and Royal Mail agreed to fresh talks in the new year.

BUTTERFLY species that usually like warmer climates south of the Border have been found in growing numbers in parts of Scotland, a 15-year study has shown.

THE United Nations is to evacuate more than half of its staff in Afghanistan following a Taleban attack which killed five employees.