Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to fundamentally change his party as he initiates a major policy review.
Theresa May's attempt to hold some of the hearings into the 7/7 attacks behind closed doors has been scuppered by judges today.
Cigarettes could be packaged in brown paper wrappers, under plans being considered by the government.
David Cameron's allies in the European Parliament continue to dwindle to an unsavoury hardcore. The Liberal grouping is far closer to his sensibilities.
Even in the midst of the 'big society', the war on smokers survives.
Liberal Democrats getting ready to fight Oldham East and Saddleworth are determined to prevent voters realising the seat is now a three-way marginal.
New appointees to the House of Lords have been announced. See the full list here
William Hague should be pressing for a timetable for the release of terror suspect Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International has said.
Lifetime tenancy agreements for new tenants in social housing may be set for the scrapheap, as ministers announce a radical overhaul in a bid to bring down waiting lists.
More than 40 part-time Muslim schools and clubs are teaching elements of the Saudi curriculum which include anti-Semitic material, an investigation has revealed.
The government is being warned not to move away from multiculturalism just as spending cuts impact on ethnic minorities.
Labour began its retreat from its counter-terrorism policy today, with Ed Balls openly admitting the party was wrong on pre-charge detention.
Vince Cable has launched into a robust defence of his party's decision to U-turn on tuition fees, insisting the Lib Dems never broke a promise.
The immigration cap can be installed without threatening businesses in the UK, David Cameron has insisted.
Plans to cut £162 of sports funding for schools have sparked a Cabinet-level row, according to media reports.
Thousands of people have marched through central London to demand a withdrawal from Afghanistan, after David Cameron confirmed a 2015 departure date.
David Cameron's enterprise adviser Lord Young has resigned after downplaying Britain's "so-called recession" in a newspaper interview.
The temperature in the long-running debate over social housing is set to rise several degrees today as the government announces a possible end to life tenancies.
With Prince William and Kate Middleton getting married, republicans are becoming more vocal about their opposition to the monarchy.
The backstage news from the Greenpeace communications manager is not nearly as dry or geeky as you might expect from the biography or the name.
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The Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill abolishes the Child Trust Fund and the Health in Pregnancy Grant and repeals the Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009.
Unemployment is an economic indicator that refers to the number or proportion of people in an economy who are willing and able to work, but are unable to get a job.
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