More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Government to abandon the Health and Social Care Bill. More »107,000 sign 'stop health bill' bid
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top-notch credit rating may survive the threat of a downgrade … More »Britain's top rating may yet survive
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek conservative … More »Greek conservative leader yet to …
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek conservative party leader Antonis Samaras has not yet signed a written commitment to the country's international lenders on implementing an austerity package, a source close to negotiations on securing a new EU/IMF bailout said … More »Greek conservative leader yet to sign austerity commitment
The insurance industry has promised to pass on savings to customers from a cut in personal injury legal fees, Downing Street said. More »Insurers back PM over car claims
LONDON (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters against economic inequality were effectively told they could remain camped outside London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral for another nine days while a judge decides whether to listen to their appeal against eviction. … More »London Occupy's cathedral camp gets week's reprieve
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy is set to formally enter France's 2012 presidential race on Wednesday, kicking off a rapid-fire re-election campaign with the odds stacked in favour of Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. The conservative leader is … More »Sarkozy to enter election race Wednesday
A British student on Tuesday denied racially abusing former England striker Stan Collymore on Twitter. More »Student denies racially abusing ex-England striker
A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security is free to walk the streets as talks continue on deporting him as soon as possible. More »Qatada deportation talks continue
A British minister headed to Jordan Tuesday to seek a deal that would allow London to extradite Abu Qatada, as the Islamist cleric once dubbed an aide to Osama bin Laden spent his first day out on bail. More »UK minister seeks Qatada deal in Jordan
A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security is free to walk the streets as talks continue on deporting him as soon as possible. More »Qatada deportation talks continue
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy is set to formally enter France's 2012 presidential race on Wednesday, kicking off a rapid-fire re-election campaign with the odds stacked in favour of Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. The conservative leader is … More »Sarkozy set to enter election race Wednesday
LONDON (Reuters) - Motor insurers will call for new laws to cut whiplash injury claims when they meet Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday, saying the "epidemic" is costing it 2 billion pounds a year and forcing car insurance higher. The industry will … More »Motor insurers urge whiplash claims crackdown
Somalia's Al-Qaeda allied Shebab insurgents have slammed British efforts to address the multiple crises in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation as "another attempt to colonise Somalia." More »UK trying to 'colonise Somalia', say rebels
Religion must be given a greater role in public life to push back a wave of "intolerant secularisation", a Cabinet minister will argue during an official visit to the Vatican. More »Stand up for faith, says peer Warsi
Radical cleric Abu Qatada has been released from jail and back into the community - as Sky News learned the path appeared to have been cleared for his deportation from the UK. More »Abu Qatada Is Released From Prison
LONDON (Reuters) - A radical cleric once described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was freed from a British prison to live under virtual house arrest on Monday after a court ruled that his detention without trial was unlawful. The Jordanian … More »Britain frees radical cleric Abu Qatada
London police on Monday defended a string of arrests at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun, which has accused the force of carrying out a "witch hunt" against its journalists. More »Police defend raids on Murdoch's 'Sun'
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said on Monday he expected to meet Prime Minister David Cameron this week to discuss their differences over a referendum that could pave the way for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom. … More »Salmond to discuss Scottish referendum with Cameron
(Reuters) - Here is a look at the major events on News Corporation in the past six months: July 4, 2011 - A lawyer for the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler says police have told him that her voicemail messages had been hacked, possibly by a … More »Timeline - News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters against economic inequality were effectively told they could remain camped outside London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral for another nine days while a judge decides whether to listen to their appeal against eviction. … More »London Occupy's cathedral camp gets week's reprieve
British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in Edinburgh on Thursday for their first talks about an independence referendum, Downing Street said. More »Cameron to meet Salmond this week
Emirati love guru Widad Lootah is not your typical marriage counsellor. She is an ultra-conservative Muslim who wears the full veil and talks a lot about sex, often quoting the Muslim holy book the Koran. More »UAE Islamic love guru urges women to enjoy sex
British courts are best placed to understand British problems and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was never intended to be an appeal court for routine cases, the Justice Secretary will say. More »Clarke in rights court reform calls
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to enter the row on racism within English football by calling a Downing Street meeting to discuss the issue. More »PM Cameron 'plans football racism' talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure … More »Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire
Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley should be sacked and insisted ministers were "fully behind" his NHS reforms. More »Ministers 'fully behind' NHS plans
LONDON (Reuters) - Top banks fell short of their government targets to lend to small businesses last year, official data showed on Monday, dealing a blow to the Conservative-led coalition's hopes of removing a barrier to economic recovery. The "Project … More »Lending lapse puts heat on banks, government
Talks aimed at thrashing out the arrangements for a referendum on Scottish independence will be held later. More »Fresh Talks On Scotland Referendum Plan
ATHENS (Reuters) - The two Greek parties supporting the government of technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos expelled more than 40 deputies on Monday for failing to back an austerity bill needed to avoid the country's chaotic default. The conservative … More »Greek parties expels rebel deputies after austerity vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure … More »Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire
DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) - The conservative mayor of the German town of Duisburg was voted out of office on Sunday after he had rejected calls to step down over the 2010 Love Parade festival in which 21 people were killed and 500 hurt in a stampede … More »German mayor forced out over Love Parade disaster
Senior Conservative MPs have told Sky News there is no rift in the coalition Cabinet over controversial NHS reforms. More »'No Rift' In Coalition Over NHS Reforms
David Cameron's efforts to close down speculation over the future of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have suffered a setback when a senior Liberal Democrat urged his removal. More »Andrew Lansley must go, says Hughes
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that football must not return to the "bad old days" following high-profile racism rows. More »Hunt warns over racism in football
A man holds a banner reading "Labour" during a demonstration organised by Spain's "indignant" protesters at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on February 10. Spanish Labour Minister ... More »Spanish minister defends labour reforms
Spanish Labour Minister Fatima Banez defended the conservative government's labour reforms on Sunday after unions called for mass protests over the measures, which they say will destroy jobs. More »Spanish minister defends labour reforms
NHS reform has been branded David Cameron's Waterloo, as the bill threatened to erupt into a political disaster for the coalition. More »'NHS reform is Cameron's Waterloo'
US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney receives a sorely needed boost in the rocky race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning a non-binding contest in Maine and a straw poll among conservatives after a trio of unnerving losses. More »White House hopeful Romney gets boost in Maine
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has won the Maine presidential caucuses, bouncing back from losses in three states earlier this week. More »Republican Race: Mitt Romney Wins In Maine
Prime Minister David Cameron is facing growing calls to cut huge aid handouts to India after a series of perceived snubs. More »Cameron pressed to rethink aid after India snubs
George Osborne has infuriated Tory MPs by reportedly ruling out tax breaks for married couples in the Budget. More »Anger over marriage tax breaks
David Cameron is expected to step into the row over racism in football by staging a Downing Street summit on the issue. More »PM 'plans football racism summit'