The coalition Government's plan for five-year fixed-term parliaments would reduce democratic accountability by giving the electorate fewer opportunities to vote, a parliamentary report has...
MPs were allowed to claim millions of pounds in expenses last year without providing proof of entitlement, it has been disclosed.On another hugely embarrassing...
England's top judge has criticised "impenetrable" criminal justice legislation which is placing a "continuing burden" on the courts.In a report, Lord Chief Justice Lord...
Three former Labour ministers have been stripped of their parliamentary passes after they breached lobbying rules.Ex-defence secretary Geoff Hoon had his Commons pass suspended...
Former defence secretary Bob Ainsworth has called for the Government to consider legalising drugs, saying prohibition has failed to protect the public.The war on...
The Foreign Office is investigating reports that two white British al Qaida members have been killed in a drone attack in Pakistan.The Muslim converts...
Early gains in the stock market evaporated after worries about Europe's debt crisis overshadowed signs of growth in the US Bond prices fell, sending...
The Stockholm bomber was not on a list of 200 radical Islamists drawn up by Sweden's security service, officials have said.Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28,...
