Tories need Boris’s star power to make their man shine on Farage’s home patchFormer Ukip member Mackinlay takes on his former leader in RamsgateWed Apr 22 2015 - 01:00
UK election: Major says SNP would hold Labour to ransomEx-PM says Scottish party’s demands would cause ‘mayhem’ if propping up minority governmentTue Apr 21 2015 - 18:51
Scottish National Party finds itself in sweet spotNicola Sturgeon’s party in that rare position where every move seems to offer benefitsTue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00
Nicola Sturgeon vows party will act for entire UKSNP leader says party will use its influence in Commons to end austerityTue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00
Labour and Scottish National Party pact would create ‘chaos’David Cameron warns party alliance threatens break-up of United KingdomMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00
Scots should have pension age exemption as they die earlier, says SNPScottish National Party’s ‘UK-wide manifesto’ to be published todayMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00
Nicola Sturgeon’s pact appeal clever but wider game at playAnalysis: SNP leader one-upped Ed Miliband with her non-proposal in TV debateSat Apr 18 2015 - 09:02
New job figures boost Tory message ahead of UK electionCameron says unemployment numbers prove Conservatives' policies are workingFri Apr 17 2015 - 22:37
Opinion polls indicate UK election race set for tight finishEnthusiastic pollsters and analysts unpack boggling array of possibilities in wake of voteFri Apr 17 2015 - 01:00
Confident Ed Miliband the winner in TV election debateLabour leader’s performance enhanced by rivals treating him as PM-in-waitingThu Apr 16 2015 - 22:39
Nick Clegg warns of right-wing alliance if Conservatives winLiberal Democrat leader suggests possibility that coalition would include DUPs and UkipThu Apr 16 2015 - 19:52
Fawlty moments mostly avoided as Ukip launches manifestoParty’s policy document a mixed bag, with the usual obsessions of EU and immigrationThu Apr 16 2015 - 01:00
Ireland could fare worse than UK in a Brexit, study warnsDublin would face paying €200m more to EU each year, economic think tank findsWed Apr 15 2015 - 01:00
Cameron tries to channel Reagan – and returns to auction politicsAs the UK election looms, the language of fiscal rectitude has been scrappedWed Apr 15 2015 - 01:00
Confident Ed Miliband sets out Labour’s manifestoLeader hard at work to restore Labour’s credibility on budgetary issuesTue Apr 14 2015 - 01:00
Miliband says he won’t borrow to meet election promisesLabour leader in Manchester to unveil party’s election manifestoMon Apr 13 2015 - 14:10
Salmond eyes Westminster seat but must win in Lib Dems strongholdBookies see SNP leader’s win as formality but constituency is dividedMon Apr 13 2015 - 01:00
Tweeting it real? The UK’s social media general electionDavid Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and other British party leaders are fighting to keep control of their campaigns now that Facebook and Twitter help voters to scrutinise every move they makeSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
London Letter: Workers reluctant to take cases against employers due to chargesMore complicated cases cost claimant £250 at the beginning and £950 before the hearingFri Apr 10 2015 - 05:00
UK defence secretary accuses Miliband over Trident dealSNP’s demands for end to nuclear arsenal threatens ‘security of our nation’ says FallonThu Apr 9 2015 - 01:00
TV debate sees Sturgeon name SNP price for supporting LabourSNP will push for full control of all of Scotland’s taxation and spendingThu Apr 9 2015 - 01:00
Scottish leaders’ debate: Sturgeon views on independenceJim Murphy challenges the claim that Labour signed up for £30bn more in cutsWed Apr 8 2015 - 10:18
Exit from EU would damage UK, says BlairMiliband has shown leadership on EU membership, says former Labour PMWed Apr 8 2015 - 01:00
Scottish Greens lag in polls even after referendum boostParty squeezed out of public debate as focus falls on Labour-SNP fightWed Apr 8 2015 - 01:00
Scottish Labour bids to prevent defeat by SNP from turning into routBeleaguered party redirects general election resources to seats it believes it can holdTue Apr 7 2015 - 01:00
Row over Sturgeon leak likely to help SNPStory widely seen in Scotland as part of Whitehall ‘dirty tricks’ campaignMon Apr 6 2015 - 01:00
Concern is immigrant numbers, not origin, says Ukip hopefulSteven Woolfe, who has Irish grandmother, says party message reaching working-classMon Apr 6 2015 - 01:00
Everyone claims victory after TV debate and tries to adapt to shifting landscapeSNP’s Nicola Sturgeon will be the leader most pleased with TV performanceSat Apr 4 2015 - 01:00
Reasoned debate is the first casualty in post-referendum ScotlandToday, both sides exist in the echo chamber of social media where biases are confirmed, not challengedFri Apr 3 2015 - 09:34
Analysis: Farage gambles and Cameron sticks to his refrainITV televised debate had its moments but polls showed no clear winner once againFri Apr 3 2015 - 08:23
Cameron under attack from other leaders over plan to cut spendingTwo-hour marathon debate ahead of May 7th general election involved seven party leadersFri Apr 3 2015 - 07:22
Why British party leaders think the only to go way is EssexDespite the Joey Essex factor, research shows British public prepared to engage in debateThu Apr 2 2015 - 18:23
Tories trumpet news UK economy on a rollOsborne says consumer confidence at a 12-year high as economy grew by 2.8%Wed Apr 1 2015 - 01:00
Ramifications of a hung parliament after UK electionWith no set rules, forming a government could be a free-for-allWed Apr 1 2015 - 01:00
Sperm count cut by pesticides on fruit and vegetables, study showsSemen quality can be lowered by up to 50% with high consumption, Harvard research findsTue Mar 31 2015 - 00:05
Analysis: SNP eye Labour rout in forthcoming UK electionScottish National Party believe transformational change at hand with up to 50-seat gainMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to be ‘heard like before’SNP leader says party can bring in real change if voters in Scotland uniteMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Scotland urged to be heard in Westminster ‘like never before’Sturgeon tells other nations they should not fear greater influence for SNPSat Mar 28 2015 - 16:48
Scotland must be able to make own decisions on tax, SNP saysParty is on course to take dozens of seats from the Labour PartySat Mar 28 2015 - 12:43
‘Top Gear’ producer will not press Clarkson chargesOisin Tymon just wishes to return to job in BBC as soon as possible, statement saysFri Mar 27 2015 - 20:06
Tories demean themselves in tawdry attempt to change 600-year-old ruleEven Conservatives vote against motion on how speaker is electedFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
Ed Miliband and David Cameron claim debate victoryLabour leader rejects claims he is not tough enough to be British prime ministerThu Mar 26 2015 - 23:35
UK Supreme Court forces publication of Prince Charles’s letters to politicians‘Black spider’ correspondence will give brief insight into relations with ministersThu Mar 26 2015 - 20:23
UK Government will not release details of ‘on the run’ republicansNI Office clarifies comments by David Cameron where he said he would try to be transparentThu Mar 26 2015 - 14:21
Clarkson dropped from ‘Top Gear’ as police assess BBC reportBBC director general says presenter ‘crossed line’ in unprovoked attack on Irish producerThu Mar 26 2015 - 10:09
Constitutional flaw in British Fixed-term Parliaments BillFlaw in legislation would favour administration that had lost the confidence of MPsThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Irish producer in Clarkson ‘fracas’ conducted himself ‘with dignity and restraint’Oisin Tymon has faced a deluge of offensive attacks on TwitterWed Mar 25 2015 - 19:54
David Cameron’s refusal to seek third term a statement of obviousAnalysis: Few in Westminster believed British PM would want to go on even until 2020Wed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Inquiry finds IRA guarantees an attempt to ‘distort’ legal systemCommons MPs say former PM Tony Blair bowed to SF pressure over ‘comfort letters’Wed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Comfort letters: Kelly confident no top party figure appliedMLA for North Belfast says NI investigating committee’s report ‘politically driven’ attackTue Mar 24 2015 - 18:24