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The man who's offering Norwich the chance to make history by electing one of the first Green Party MPs launched his campaign with a party on Monday night. With Labour popularity at a low ebb, Green Party deputy leader Adrian...
Cathy Ashton's meteoric rise has surprised many, but not those who know her best When Cathy Ashton arrived in Brussels at short notice just over a year ago she had to attend to some urgent business: removing traces of her...
Major's victory in 1992 is the precedent Labour likes to talk about. But it's his defeat five years later that should concern them No British prime minister ever takes his government into the fifth year of a parliament by...
By Mark Hughes, Crime Correspondent Why are we asking this now? This week Sir Hugh Orde, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said that the structure of police forces in the UK should be reviewed. Sir...
Taxes will have to rise after the general election to help pay off the national debt and finance new care plans for the elderly, Lord Mandelson has indicated. By Andrew Porter, Political Editor The Prime Minister has been...
Labour hope new cash will stop young jobless hitting 1m ahead of election Fear of youth unemployment rising above 1 million in the new year yesterday prompted Gordon Brown to use the last Queen's speech of the parliament to...
Sam Lister, Health Editor and Philip Webster, Political Editor A key plank of Gordon Brown’s re-election strategy was condemned by members of his own party yesterday as irresponsible, unaffordable and based on a myth. The Prime...
Police have not done enough to tackle organised crime, the country's most senior officer has admitted. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said he was "disappointed"...
Measures for young and old in Queen's Speech but Cameron dismisses proposed legislation as 'half-baked' By Andrew Grice, Political Editor Gordon Brown and David Cameron offered two different directions for the country yesterday...
Are Gordon Brown’s guarantees for parents and patients worth the order paper that they are written on? MPs and policy experts have questioned the sense in making such open-ended promises, asking whether the guarantees can be...
