The Libyan foreign minister, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, warns that Britain's despatching military personnel to help the rebels endangers the chance of peace. He would say that.... more
Liam Fox is to order the steel for the first new nuclear deterrent submarine - despite the Liberal Democrats winning a delay to the formal decision on replacing Trident until after the next election... more
The vote on reforms to higher education funding, accompanied by noisy student protests in London and many other cities, marks the greatest crisis yet for the Coalition — or at least for its Liberal-Democrat members... more
A small group of Liberal Democrat backbenchers are trying to postpone Thursday's crucial vote on university tuition fees, as the party struggles to find consensus on the divisive issue... more
Liberal Democrat anger over tuition fee hikes boiled over today when a trio of senior party figures vowed to oppose the coalition Government’s plans for university funding... more
Senior Conservatives expressed alarm at the prospect that a replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent could be delayed until after the next general election... more
My heart bleeds for Naomi Campbell - she had to go on holiday with a bunch of celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and his Israeli model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli... more
Ministry of Defence came under increasing pressure today to ensure it is fully open about cases in which civilians have been shot or wounded by British forces in Afghanistan... more
Prospect of a Lib-Lab deal was raised as Lord Mandelson hailed Nick Clegg as a figure to be 'taken seriously' and hinted strongly at electoral reform as a sweetener in a hung parliament... more
Westminster resonates to the sound of doors slamming on empty stables as the party leaders struggle to outdo each other in their firmness in cracking down on MPs' abuse of taxpayers through the allowances and expenses system... more
The statement by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, about the arrest of the Tory frontbencher, Damian Green last week, was not intended to turn into a full-blown debate... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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