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The Conservatives’ “self-indulgent civil war” over Europe is causing “serious damage” to the economy, Vince Cable said on...

A much-vaunted cap on the costs people face in old age risks leaving those in private care homes out of pocket, it emerged...

Membership of the UK Independence party has jumped by more than half in the past year as thousands of Tory grassroots...

The Conservative party will publish a draft version of an EU referendum bill before the next election, the party chairman...

None of Britain’s main parties has reason to look back on Thursday’s local elections with much pleasure. The political...

Westminster officials returned to the Commons on Friday rattled by the strong showing by Ukip in Thursday’s local election...

Senior Tories are determined to axe the “Lib Dem hobbyhorse” of a statutory register of lobbyists. The government had drawn...

Nigel Farage has made a name for himself with an unusual campaigning style that involves touring the pubs of Britain making...

Deputy prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg makes a visit to the Harveys Brewery in Lewes on...

The UK Independence party claimed it was the victim of a Tory smear campaign as the gloves came off ahead of local elections...

The British government has been forced to abandon the communications data bill that would have given the state sweeping...

David Cameron is heading for a new coalition row over Europe, after his plan to pull Britain out of 130 EU justice and...

Tory backbenchers probably thought that when they ganged together to thwart attempts to make the Lords mostly elected last...

The Liberal Democrats intend to resurrect controversial plans to reform the House of Lords in any future coalition...

David Cameron has backed George Osborne after the chancellor linked the Philpott manslaughter case to the wider issue of...

David Cameron’s promised crackdown on health and welfare tourism was under fire on Monday night, as Labour claimed his...

If the UK really is sagging into a “lost decade” of economic stagnation, it is at least aware of its fate. Neither the...

Normalising diminished expectations has become the job description of George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer. The...

Britain’s politicians on Monday vied with each other to declare victory after 20 months of public hearings, debate and...

Labour’s shift away from backing full-scale replacement of the Trident nuclear deterrent forms more potential common ground...

George Osborne will admit in Wednesday’s Budget that it will take even longer than previously forecast for public sector...

David Cameron was seeking a face-saving deal over press regulation amid signs that he faces defeat when MPs vote on Monday...

The UK coalition government will try to sell next week’s Budget as a help to hard-pressed families with plans for a...

David Cameron set the backdrop to next week’s Budget in a recent speech in which he adopted the classic Conservative...

Vince Cable pledged on Thursday that a state-backed business bank will start investing this year, in the face of fears that...

David Cameron set the stage on Thursday for a bruising showdown on press regulation as the prime minister abruptly quit...

Labour’s calls for a mansion tax to be introduced before the election have been rejected in the Commons, after the...

Talks between the three main party leaders on the Leveson proposals for press regulation are at risk of collapsing, Labour...

The Funding for Lending Scheme is expected to be extended and “put on steroids”, in an admission from the coalition that its...

Anglican bishops are gearing up for the next stage of their fight against ministers’ welfare reforms, even as Tory MPs...

Liam Fox has become the latest senior Conservative to map out a post-2015, or post-David Cameron, Tory agenda as MPs...

Nick Clegg on Thursday rejected Vince Cable’s suggestion that the coalition deviate from its economic Plan A, insisting...

Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, has warned that fresh cuts to the Ministry of Defence budget in this year’s spending...

David Cameron was on Friday put on probation by anxious Tory right-wingers after the Conservatives slumped to third place in...

Coalition government has inflicted almost three years of political pain on the Liberal Democrats, so their victory in the...

There are few mornings so bracing in British politics as those that follow an interesting by-election. Lessons are drawn,...

There were two winners in the Eastleigh by-election and two big losers on a night of high political tension. The lessons...