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Chris Huhne should not take £17,000 pay-off, says Labour
FEEDSPORTAL Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:46 GMT
Chris Huhne is under pressure not to claim to a severance payment of more than £17,000 he is due after he quit as Energy secretary.
Chris Huhne: Ringleader's exit allows Tories to move in for kill
FEEDSPORTAL Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:59:54 GMT
Throughout Westminster there was initially unrestrained glee in many high offices of state at the news that Chris Huhne was being charged and, therefore, his career was in tatters.
David Miliband: the sniping and self-pity of a truly feeble man
FEEDSPORTAL Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:20 GMT
The best thing that David Miliband could do for the Labour Party would be to shut up, argues Matthew Norman.
2G: Why PM, Sonia silent, asks Ravi Shankar Prasad
IN Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:32:47 GMT
The Prime Minister even gave the certificate of innocence to Raja inside and outside Parliament, said the BJP leader.
UP Polls: Priyanka to campaign in Amethi today
IN Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:07:56 GMT
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi will be in Rae Bareilly and his Parliamentary constituency, Amethi, in Uttar Pradesh for the next three days, wooing voters to vote for the Congress. This will be her second visit in the past few weeks to the areas.
Profile: Chris Huhne
BBC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:42 GMT
The millionaire ex-journalist unafraid of cabinet showdowns
Fine sentences unacceptable: Ford
BBC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:21:35 GMT
Justice Minister David Ford says the number of people going to prison for unpaid fines is "not acceptable".
MPs' bar removes 'Top Totty' beer
BBC Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:27:39 GMT
A beer named Top Totty and advertised with a picture of a scantily-clad woman is withdrawn from a Palace of Westminster bar after a Labour MP complained.
Clegg ignores 'PMQs face advice'
BBC Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:13:11 GMT
Nick Clegg says he has given up trying to adopt the right facial expression during Prime Minister's questions in case it is misinterpreted - and instead just sits and listens.
David Miliband article '100% not an attack on his brother'
GUARDIAN Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:28:17 GMT
Warning in New Statesman to grand old Labour figures is not an attempt to undermine Ed Miliband, say brother's friends David Miliband was mildly irritated. A lengthy New Statesman article, in which he warned that some of Labour's grand old figures were in danger of leading the party into irrelevance, was widely interpreted as a warning shot to his brother. "People should calm down," one friend said. "The simple truth is that David wants his brother to succeed and wants the Labour party to succeed. These two things go together." These thoughts came from the heart. Even in his darkest moments the former foreign secretary does not want to attack or undermine his brother. "This is someone who has spent a lot of time thinking about the future of the Labour party," another friend said. "The way the cookie has crumbled, the only way he can do that is through argument and debate. "This is 100% not an attack on his brother. Of course David wanted to lead the Labour party. But the last..
Ed Miliband to call vote on bonuses
GUARDIAN Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:40:00 GMT
MPs criticise Network Rail directors for seeking large bonuses, and Labour leader says companies must show responsibility Ed Miliband will broaden his attack on the coalition's divided Britain by calling a Commons vote next week to urge an end to the bonus culture. MPs heaped abuse on senior directors of Network Rail for seeking large bonuses from a shareholders' meeting due next week, while on Friday profit figures for Barclays bank are due to be announced, potentially putting its chief executive, Bob Diamond,in the firing line. The anti-business mood has been fuelled by reports that Network Rail's chief executive, Sir David Higgins, whose basic salary is £560,000, could be shortly awarded up to £336,000 on top in an annual bonus – plus a total of £2.8m over a five-year period. Similar bonuses are due be handed to board members in a reorganisation of the incentive structure. Shadow ministers and Conservatives on Thursday called on transport secretary, Justine Greening, to......
Huhne's career to be decided by prosecutor
GUARDIAN Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT
David Cameron planning cabinet reshuffle if the CPS decide to charge the energy secretary over speeding penalty points David Cameron has been making contingency plans for a limited cabinet reshuffle as the Crown Prosecution Service disclosed that it will announceon Friday whether it will charge the energy secretary, Chris Huhne, over allegations he avoided a speeding penalty. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, will give his decision on Huhne, and his former wife, Vicky Pryce, in a televised announcement at 10am. Huhne has let it be known that if he is prosecuted he will declare his innocence but resign his cabinet post to fight the case, admitting the battle to clear his name would be too much of a distraction to continue in office. Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, has made it clear his cabinet members must be seen to behave with the highest standards of probity. Huhne was at a Lib Dem awayday in Eastbourne when he heard the news of the CPS........
David Miliband: Labour Must Win Economic Trust
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David Miliband has broken his silence to warn Labour needs "restless rethinking" if the party is to win the next election.
Stephen Timms: government 'wrong' to force through benefits cap despite Lords defeat
FEEDSPORTAL Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:48 GMT
The shadow employment minister Stephen Timms says it would be wrong to overturn amendments made to the government's welfare bill in the House of Lords.
Alistair Darling: Fred Goodwin annulment leaves a bad taste
FEEDSPORTAL Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:43:22 GMT
The Labour MP and former Chancellor believes due process has not been followed in stripping former RBS CEO Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, saying it is a sign of bad government.
Why David Miliband is Mr White
FEEDSPORTAL Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:13:38 GMT
David Miliband's latest prescription for What Labour Must Do To Win - published in today's New Statesman - reminds me of a line from the film Reservoir Dogs.
David Miliband: my brother and a return to old Labour
FEEDSPORTAL Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:26 GMT
Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband breaks silence to warn Labour risks moving too far to the Left under his brother Ed.
Cameron uses privilege rule to prevent Lords blocking welfare reform
FEEDSPORTAL Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:29 GMT
David Cameron deployed a controversial parliamentary tactic last night to deny the House of Lords the right to vote as he set out to force his benefit reforms into law.
Politicians and the pursuit of 'fairness'
BBC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:07:17 GMT
Politicians battle to sell the fairness of their policies
Chris Huhne: vultures circling?
BBC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:16:53 GMT
The papers have again been full of reshuffle speculation, but the investigation by Essex Police into claims Chris Huhne passed speeding points onto someone else could yet take further twists.
Concerns over 'rendition secrecy'
BBC Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:34:41 GMT
The man appointed to oversee the government's counter-terrorism laws criticises plans to allow ministers to order some cases involving allegations against the intelligence services to be held in complete secrecy.
Politics live blog: PMQs, Fred Goodwin reaction and Nick Clegg on Lords reform
GUARDIAN Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:42 GMT
Rolling coverage of all today's political developments as they happen, including David Cameron and Ed Miliband at PMQs, reaction to Fred Goodwin losing his knighthood and Nick Clegg on Lords reform 11.44am: Lord Rennard, the former Lib Dem chief executive, asks Clegg if he will change his plans for individual voter registration because of the concerns about millions of people being disenfranchised. Clegg says he will be amending his plans. The government's new proposals will be published very soon, he says. 11.40am: Lord Powell asks Clegg if the government will change the law to ensure that, if people are in a queue at a polling station at 10pm, they should be allowed to vote. The committee published a report recommending this recently (pdf). Clegg says he accepts that it was wrong that voters in this position were not allowed to vote in 2010. It was a particular problem in his constituency, he says. But he says he is not sure legislation is necessary. It may just have been an..
RBS bonus row: Miliband denies 'witch-hunt' on bankers
FEEDSPORTAL Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:07 GMT
Labour leader Ed Miliband has denied he was whipping up a "witch-hunt" against bankers as he called for a tax on bonuses and new rules to rein in top pay.
Parties clash over RBS boss bonus
BBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:08 GMT
Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's contract, amid anger about a £963,000 share bonus offer.
NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails'
BBC Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:44:03 GMT
More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed.
Stick to party funding plan - MPs
BBC Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:52:15 GMT
The Government must stick to pledges to reform party financing - or risk that a scandal will further undermine confidence, MPs have warned.
Ed Miliband is 'struggling', says Lord Mandelson
FEEDSPORTAL Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:30:16 GMT
Ed Miliband is "struggling" to stamp his identity on the Labour Party, Lord Mandelson has said.
Four AMs contest Plaid leadership
BBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:15:52 GMT
Nominations for the Plaid Cymru leadership close, with four Assembly Members on the ballot paper hoping to replace Ieuan Wyn Jones.
Young councillor quits politics
BBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:30:59 GMT
An Aberdeen councillor who was appointed the city's depute provost aged just 18 is to quit politics to travel.
Minister 'trapped' in wrong lobby
BBC Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:43:25 GMT
A Lib Dem minister ends up in the wrong lobby during a Commons vote after a mix-up with a glass of water.
Government escapes NHS rebellion
BBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:10 GMT
The government appears to have escaped a rebellion by the medical establishment over its controversial NHS reforms in England.
Welfare reform: Tories determined to push through benefit cap despite stinging defeat
FEEDSPORTAL Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:31:59 GMT
Plans to cap benefits at £26,000 will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted, despite stinging parliamentary defeats.
Bengal: Congress minister slams Mamata, quits
IN Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:59:50 GMT
West Bengal Parliamentary Affairs and Small and Medium Industries Minister Manoj Chakrborty has resigned from the state Cabinet after his portfolios were taken away by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the reshuffle.
UP: Priyanka winds up Amethi, Rae Bareli tour
IN Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:08:29 GMT
Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday wound up her three-day tour of the twin parliamentary constituencies of Rae Bareli and Amethi exhorting party workers to strengthen the hands of her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi in the coming elections.
Indian parliamentarians meet Gilani, Khar
IN Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:24:50 GMT
A visiting Indian parliamentary delegation met Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar after concluding a dialogue with their counterparts on Wednesday.
Govt betrayed us with a weak Lokpal Bill: Anna
IN Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:21:39 GMT
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and accused him and the government of not paying heed to the people's demands on the Lokpal Bill and betraying the country - the people and Parliament alike.
Police commissioner rivals emerge
BBC Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:30:31 GMT
Elections for new police commissioners will be held in November and some potential candidates are already beginning to emerge.
UK torture inquiry is cancelled
BBC Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:45 GMT
A controversial inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by the UK's security services is being scrapped.
VIDEO: Salmond Hitler spoof MP apologises
BBC Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:37:30 GMT
Labour MP Tom Harris apologises after posting a spoof video on the internet which portrays First Minister Alex Salmond as Hitler.
Political campaigner Buchan dies
BBC Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:58:47 GMT
Former Labour MEP for Glasgow and anti-apartheid campaigner Janey Buchan dies in Brighton at the aged of 85.
Labour steps up opposition to NHS privatisation plans
GUARDIAN Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:35:34 GMT
Government accused of allowing hospitals to allocate half their beds and appointments to private patients Labour is to step up its campaign to block the government health reforms, accusing the government of allowing NHS hospitals to devote half their beds, appointments and car park spaces to the treatment of private patients. The move represents a hardening of Labour's opposition to what it regards as the privatisation of the NHS. Shadow ministers admit privately that some Labour opposition has been hobbled by the coalition claim that they are completing Blairite reforms. Labour released a clutch of emails from Liberal Democrat activists complaining that the party leadership was going beyond the mandate given by the party at the Liberal Democrat spring party conference in Sheffield in March. . The health and social care bill has yet to receive its report stage in the House of Lords and Labour is still hoping Liberal Democrat peers can be persuaded to rebel. So far, such........
Sure, you can 'work'. Just don't expect a job at the end of it | Catherine Bennett
GUARDIAN Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:09:01 GMT
From Smythson to Poundland, the exploitation of the young desperate for internships continues unabated The Labour party has yet to pass judgment, but for many hard-working people the immediate reaction to the story of Cait Reilly, the 22-year-old geology graduate compelled to sweep floors for nothing at Poundland, must have been: where can I get one? References, obviously, essential. Most domestic employers would not, I think, insist on geology – a Russell Group geography degree would do just as well – but let's not be picky. It would be a pleasure to have any pleasant, highly educated, preferably strong, young girl to assist with tidying and housework, knowing this will progress her career as choreographed by the government's "sector-based work academy". Frustratingly for those of us hoping to mentor the young in this way, the free geology graduates are only being distributed at this time to larger, commercial partners such as Tesco and, of course, Poundland, where Ms Reilly....
Kinnock attacks Labour 'cowards'
BBC Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:08:09 GMT
Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock hits out at "cowards" within his party who have criticised Ed Miliband.
Scottish independence referendum: Salmond attacks UK's 'bullying tactics'
GUARDIAN Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:01:37 GMT
First minister invites PM to discuss referendum and likens Westminster's treatment of Scotland to behaviour towards Ireland Alex Salmond has invited David Cameron and Nick Clegg to visit Scotland to discuss the UK government's proposal to accelerate the timetable for a referendum on Scottish independence. The Scottish first minister, who is meeting Clegg in Dublin at a meeting of the British-Irish Council, said he wanted the talks to take place in a consensual manner. But Salmond launched a strong attack on the UK government for what he described as bullying tactics as he appeared to draw a parallel between London's treatment of Scotland and its historic behaviour towards Ireland. "I am sure many people in Ireland will remember that sometimes people who are in leadership positions in big countries find it very difficult not to bully small countries," Salmond told RTE on Friday morning. "What we have seen over the last week is a most extraordinary attempt to bully and........
Scottish referendum: Nick Clegg and Alex Salmond press conference live
GUARDIAN Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:43:00 GMT
Scotland's first minister and UK's deputy PM meet at British-Irish council summit in Dublin • Read the key points from today on Scottish independence • Read more: Salmond attacks UK's 'bullying tactics' 1.40pm: Incidentally Rachelrmac put up a comments asking if readers wanted Scotland to leave the UK, asking readers to "recommend" that post if they wanted Scotland to leave, and recommend her second post if they wanted it to stay in the UK. So far the score is 269 for Scotland to leave, 650 for it to stay. Thanks for all your comments. 1.35pm: Here are the key points from today's developments: • Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, has invited David Cameron and Nick Clegg for talks in "Edinburgh, London or wherever" over the Scottish independence referendum. The deputy prime minister's spokesman said that Scottish secretary Michael Moore had written to Salmond inviting him to take part in discussions on the subject. • At a meeting of the British-Irish Council in........
Public sector pay bargaining
BBC Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:06:01 GMT
George Osborne has raised the issue of local public sector pay bargaining which could see nurses, teachers, council workers and prison officers paid different rates in different parts of the country.
Labour warns of tax 'trap'
BBC Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:14:03 GMT
The Chancellor's cash incentive to freeze council tax gets the brush-off from the East Midlands' Labour cities.
'Devo max' would make Scotland fiscally responsible – why does Cameron oppose it? | Simon Jenkins
GUARDIAN Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Only a tribalistic craving for central control explains the prime minister's urge to defend the UK against Scottish autonomy Here we go again. Ireland gone. Scotland going. Next is Wales, and then where? Cornwall? The Isle of Wight? There is no knowing what the ineptitude of London politics may do to the British confederacy. The latest row over yes or no to Scottish "independence" is mere play-acting. The real issue is option three, "devo max". London hates it. Scotland craves it. For the past week constitutionalists have been dragged from their cobwebs to pore over laws and documents. This is pointless. When dissident provinces are set on separatism, the minutiae of referendum law will not stop them. Look at Bosnia, Slovakia, Kosovo, Macedonia – each different but starting from the same source. Britain went to war to break up the Yugoslav union. Many Britons yearn for the break-up of the European one. Why do they fight to sustain the United Kingdom as it manifestly........
Eric Pickles' Olympic dream?
BBC Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:01:37 GMT
The Local Government and Communities Secretary visits Essex's Olympic mountain biking course in Essex.
Government suffers Lords defeats
BBC Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:07:09 GMT
The government loses three votes in the House of Lords over aspects of its welfare reform plan.
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VIDEO: Chris 'can rub people up wrong way'
BBC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:36 GMT
A Lib Dem MEP who worked alongside Chris Huhne in the European Parliament said the former energy and climate secretary could "rub people up the wrong way".
VIDEO: UK needs 'people who will benefit Britain'
BBC Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:59:10 GMT
Britain does not need more "middle managers" or unskilled Labour and those coming in should be able to command a salary of more than £31,000, immigration minister Damian Green said.
VIDEO: Cameron taunts Labour on welfare reforms
BBC Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:58:40 GMT
David Cameron taunted the Labour front bench and called for a reaction after he was quizzed by backbencher on welfare reforms.
VIDEO: A-Z of Parliament: A for Adjournment
BBC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:16:46 GMT
Quentin Letts works through the alphabet of the strange world of the UK Parliament. He starts by looking at A for adjournment - explaining what an Adjournment Debate is.
VIDEO: Ed Miliband: 'Tax the bankers' bonuses'
BBC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:02:48 GMT
Labour leader Ed Miliband has reacted to RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's decision to reject his bonus and called for "responsibility in the boardroom".
VIDEO: Miliband argues against independence
BBC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:58:36 GMT
Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned that efforts to improve social justice would be hindered by Scottish independence.
VIDEO: Labour supports regional benefit cap
BBC Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:07:04 GMT
The shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne has told the BBC Labour wants a cap set locally - instead of the government's proposed national limit of about £26,000-a-year.
Video: Tony Burch taking fashion world by storm
CBSNEWS Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:19:39 EST
Tory Burch, known for her classic tunics and popular Reva ballet flats, has taken the fashion world by storm. Launched only in 2004, Tory Burch now owns 65 boutiques all over the world. Rita Braver sat down with the fashion mogul to discuss her family, her career, and got a sneak preview at an upcoming collection for New York Fashion Week.
VIDEO: Miliband: PM must block RBS bonus
BBC Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:40:41 GMT
The Labour leader Ed Miliband has urged the Prime Minister to block a £1m bonus for the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester.
VIDEO: Dorries and Abbott in abortion group row
BBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:58:23 GMT
Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has been criticised by Tory MP Nadine Dorries for her decision to resign from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers.
VIDEO: Successful politicians change their tune
BBC Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:03:01 GMT
Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair had voice coaching which may have helped them rise to the top, but not all politicians have been able to command such respect with their voices.
VIDEO: Who should see a minister's diary?
BBC Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:10:53 GMT
Labour MP Liam Byrne said he had struggled to get the diary of ministers despite Conservative minister Chris Grayling claiming the government made them available.
VIDEO: Why are coalition MPs so rebellious?
BBC Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:23:28 GMT
This Parliament is the most rebellious for 50 years but MPs who vote against the coalition no longer attract the headlines given to those who defied John Major in the 1990s.
VIDEO: MP's daughter will release album
BBC Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:28:39 GMT
North London singer Jess Mills, the daughter of Labour MP Tessa Jowell, is set to release her debut album next month.
VIDEO: 'In favour of cap on benefits'
BBC Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:10:13 GMT
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne, told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman Labour are in favour of a cap on benefits, but want more safeguards written in.
VIDEO: What to do about Big Ben's lean?
BBC Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:16:43 GMT
A group of MPs are investigating how to prevent Parliament's clock tower, best known for housing Big Ben, from tilting any further than it already does.
VIDEO: Lords bid for welfare concessions
BBC Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:58:46 GMT
Church of England bishops and Liberal Democrat peers will try to win concessions when the House of Lords votes on a benefits cap on Monday.
VIDEO: Labour now 'a third Tory party'
BBC Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:08:18 GMT
Green MP Caroline Lucas has accused Labour of betrayal following the party's announcement that cuts and pay freezes introduced by the coalition may not be reversed.
Actor Blair Underwood's Salute to Troops
CNN Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:41:44 GMT
Visit HLNtv.com/Salute to see more salutes and learn how to salute the military man or woman in your life on HLN.
VIDEO: Dinosaur jibe to Dennis Skinner
BBC Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:39 GMT
The prime minister called a veteran Labour MP a dinosaur after he was asked about appearing before the Leveson Inquiry into phone-hacking allegations.
VIDEO: Lords welfare defeat headed off
BBC Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:19:42 GMT
The government has narrowly seen off a challenge in the House of Lords over its proposed changes to the welfare system. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson says disabled people fear being ghettoised.
VIDEO: Harman denies Labour accepts cuts
BBC Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:16:39 GMT
Labour's deputy leader said union leader Len McCluskey was "quite wrong" to say the party was accepting government cuts when he attacked Ed Miliband's policies over the public sector.
VIDEO: Miliband rejects union criticism
BBC Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:22 GMT
Ed Miliband has insisted Labour is taking the "right path" by supporting the government's plans for a cap on public sector pay rises.
VIDEO: Where is the all the metal going?
BBC Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:22:15 GMT
MPs have called for a change in the law governing the trade of scrap metal to stop "metal laundering" with a private member's bill to go before Parliament later this week.
VIDEO: Nick Watt rounds up Westminster week
BBC Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:08:39 GMT
The Guardian's Nick Watt took a new year work-out with TV's Mr Motivator as he looked back over the Westminster headlines of the week when Parliament went back to work in 2012.
Parents seek help for conjoined twins
CNN Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:01:08 GMT
Doctors in London have agreed to evaluate a set of conjoined twins from Cameroon. CNN's Katie Walmsley reports.
VIDEO: PM: 'Let's keep our country together'
BBC Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:59:00 GMT
The prime minister and Labour leader both said the UK was stronger for Scotland remaining within the union, as they discussed the issue of a Scottish referendum.
VIDEO: Alexander and Green review PMQs
BBC Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:17:03 GMT
Labour's Douglas Alexander and Conservative Damian Green debated the PMQs exchanges on Scottish independence and rising rail fares between David Cameron and Ed Miliband.
VIDEO: Tory MP's plan to rescue capitalism
BBC Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:59:17 GMT
Jesse Norman from the Conservative Free Enterprise Group who coined the "crony capitalism" phrase explained how it went wrong.
VIDEO: Miliband: Labour can deliver fairness
BBC Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:11:41 GMT
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told Labour supporters that Labour must now re-think how fairness can be achieved, with less money to go around.
VIDEO: Drink advice 'no green light for binging'
BBC Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:08:09 GMT
Parliament's science and technology committee chairman said new advice to have two days a week completely clear of alcohol was "not a green light for having a binge" on another day.
VIDEO: Miliband: I have 'clear plan' for Labour
BBC Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:43:50 GMT
Ed Miliband has defended his leadership of the Labour party and has described himself as "someone of real steel".
Abbot: Must offer people justice
CNN Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:16:22 GMT
CNN's Max Foster talks to British Parliament member Diane Abbott about the Stephen Lawrence murder conviction.
VIDEO: MP questions gun licence rules
BBC Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:29:23 GMT
The Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris, says the shooting of three women at a house in Horden, Peterlee, raises many questions about the keeping of guns and the awarding of licences.
VIDEO: Labour's highlights of 2011
BBC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:10:24 GMT
A review of the year for Labour, with Ed Miliband getting married, mixed fortunes in the May elections, strikes and demonstrations, and Tom Watson at the phone-hacking hearing.
VIDEO: Labour backs banking reform plans
BBC Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:05:08 GMT
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls says Labour will cooperate "as far as possible" with the government to get changes to the banking system implemented.
VIDEO: Hopes for public pensions deal
BBC Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:21:59 GMT
Ministers are hoping to announce a deal on public sector pensions before parliament breaks up for Christmas on Tuesday.
VIDEO: Labour wins Feltham by-election
BBC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:39:06 GMT
Winning candidate Seema Malhotra welcomes the "vote of confidence in the way Labour is changing" after the party held the Feltham and Heston seat, with an 8% swing from the Conservatives.
VIDEO: Warsi: By-election result disappointing
BBC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:11 GMT
Labour has won the Feltham and Heston by-election with an increased majority. Seema Malhotra secured victory in the west London seat with a majority of 6,203 votes.
VIDEO: Miliband hails by-election win
BBC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:27:54 GMT
Labour has held the Feltham and Heston seat in a by-election with an increased majority.
VIDEO: Are politicians down with the kids?
BBC Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:54:09 GMT
Tony Blair tried to get down with the kids entertaining Britpop stars at Downing Street but does a little bit of the stardust rub off on the politicians?
VIDEO: Cameron quizzed on jobless figures
BBC Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:12:09 GMT
David Cameron said more jobs would be lost without the moves taken by his government to get the economy moving and accused Labour of plans for "more of the mess we started with".
VIDEO: Parliament's deficit of Christmas spirit
BBC Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:27:44 GMT
Has Westminster been gearing up for the season of goodwill so much that someone pinched the decorations?
VIDEO: Miliband: PM 'let Britain down'
BBC Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:57:52 GMT
As David Cameron defends his decision to use his veto during last week's European summit in Brussels, Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses the prime minister of letting Britain down.
VIDEO: Alexander: Not often I agree with Farage
BBC Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:08:08 GMT
The shadow foreign secretary said these were "worrying times for Britain" as he was pressed on whether Labour would have signed up to an EU-wide treaty change.
VIDEO: Miliband: UK will be excluded
BBC Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:52:57 GMT
Labour leader Ed Miliband says Prime Minister David Cameron has mishandled negotiations, and is more interested in the splits in his party.
VIDEO: Europe destroyed three PMs - Portillo
BBC Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:43:42 GMT
The UK is not suited to be part of a united Europe said Michael Portillo, saying that it had "destroyed" three Tory PMs.
VIDEO: Stevens reviews police for labour
BBC Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:29:45 GMT
Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Stevens is launching a review of policing policy at the request of the Labour party.
Video: TODAY Toy Drive in full swing
MSNBC.MSN Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:47:03 GMT
As the TODAY Toy Drive wraps up its first week, Elena and Tory Kiam of the jewelry company Lia Sophia stop by the Plaza to bring some bling to the holiday season. (TODAY)
VIDEO: 'Heathrow by-election' campaign starts
BBC Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:43:06 GMT
The first test of the political impact of the chancellor's Autumn Statement could come in the west London by-election caused by the death of Labour MP Alan Keen.

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