Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King warned Britain faces a "zig-zag" year of growth and gloom today as unemployment rose by 48,000
Read full article...London and the South-East are facing a severe drought with water levels already lower than they were before the long hot summer of 1976, it was revealed
Chancellor George Osborne defended his economic strategy as a fall in inflation finally brought mild relief to some from the tight squeeze on family budgets
Tony Blair has made a return to British politics by giving private briefings to Labour MPs on the need to be pro- business
Commentary: First, the good news for Ken Livingstone. His pledge to slash fares is by far the most popular idea anybody has come up with yet in London's mayoral battle.
Exclusive poll: Boris Johnson has clawed his way back to a two-point lead in the closest mayoral race yet despite Ken Livingstone's hugely popular pledge to cut fares
A leading expert on body language has revealed that when the Prime Minister splays his fingers he is actually taking charge of the debate
Working mothers could get tax breaks to hire cleaners, David Cameron has suggested
A Tory MP who attended a Nazi-themed stag party today strongly denied "texting and dozing" during a 90-minute lecture by a Holocaust survivor at Auschwitz
Government ministers should be banned from using Olympics "Zil lanes" so that they are forced to endure the same frustrations this summer as other Londoners, Labour's shadow transport secretary declares today
Nick Clegg supported Business Secretary Vince Cable today against Conservative attempts to block a controversial choice as the new universities regulator
Bank boss Stephen Hester today revealed he almost resigned during the "deeply depressing" uproar over his £1 million bonus
Syria's defiant President Assad ordered a fresh bloody crackdown as the Russian foreign minister arrived in Damascus for talks
Labour leader Ed Miliband is facing an exodus of top MPs seeking to run as newly created mayors and police chiefs in their home cities
David Miliband has rejected a job in his brother's shadow cabinet by saying he wanted to avoid creating a "daily soap opera"
Rail and bank chiefs are under pressure from MPs to go without their bumper bonuses this week
On Tuesday night, a relaxed looking Chris Huhne laughed and chatted with journalists and officials at a drinks reception held in the canteen of his department. He showed no sign at all that he knew his career was on a knife-edge
Rail bosses came under massive pressure to take zero bonuses, as commuter belt MPs and a transport minister condemned their "dismal" service and "Mafia" mentality
Network Rail Chief executive Sir David Higgins, whose basic salary is £560,000, could be awarded up to £336,000 on top in annual bonus as part of a new scheme being demanded by rail bosses
Labour MP Kate Green today secured a Commons ban on a beer called "Top Totty" after she found the ale on sale in Parliament's Strangers Bar
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