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Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety
Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:13:51 AM CST
Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately.
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Chote set to head Budget office
Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:18:48 AM CST
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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MPs back new phone hacking probe
Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:41:53 AM CST
MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into allegations of phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World.
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Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'
Thursday, September 9, 2010 4:32:51 AM CST
David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father, saying he had "touched a lot of lives".
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MPs get first vote on Afghanistan
Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:32:21 AM CST
The Commons is to vote for the first time on whether UK troops should remain in Afghanistan - almost nine years after the war started.
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Euro MPs condemn France over Roma
Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:38:43 AM CST
Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania.
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Ed Miliband tops August donations
Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:09:28 AM CST
Leadership hopeful Ed Miliband raised the most money of any of the Labour contenders during August, Electoral Commission figures show.
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North East 'least resilient' area
Thursday, September 9, 2010 7:10:21 AM CST
Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
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BP's Hayward to face MP grilling
Thursday, September 9, 2010 4:34:59 AM CST
The outgoing boss of BP Tony Hayward is to be questioned by a committee of MPs over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 9:58:46 AM CST
MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.
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Labour MPs to pick shadow cabinet
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 2:37:48 PM CST
Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.
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At-a-glance: The candidates
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:05:32 AM CST
A rundown of the five candidates in the race to be the next Labour leader.
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Leader hopefuls: Policy-by-policy
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:54:12 AM CST
What do the five candidates stand for?
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James Landale: State of the race
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:30:37 PM CST
The personalities and policies behind the Labour contest
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Newsnight's candidate hustings
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:58:34 PM CST
All the action and expert analysis as the Labour leadership hopefuls went head-to-head on BBC's Newsnight.
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Labour leadership rules
Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:23:29 AM CST
What are the rules for electing a new Labour Party leader?
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The rise and fall of New Labour
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 3:48:51 AM CST
New Labour was the dominant political force in the UK for more than a decade, but even its biggest devotees proclaim it over.
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Live: Independent Budget Review debate
Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:02:58 AM CST
MSPs continue with the debate on the Independent Budget Review.
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Cuts 'must be resisted' says SF
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 3:29:46 PM CST
Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
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Guide to N.Ireland Assembly
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:10:40 AM CST
A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.
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Parties unite over carriers fears
Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:36:13 AM CST
Scottish ministers and opposition politicians join forces in a bid to ensure the future of two Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
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Guide to the Scottish Parliament
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:00:21 AM CST
BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament.
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Plaid will 'change not manage'
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 11:39:40 PM CST
Plaid Cymru's conference opens with a pledge to transform, not simply manage Wales.
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Guide to the Welsh Assembly
Saturday, October 31, 2009 7:03:47 AM CST
A guide to the National Assembly for Wales.
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Blogs from around the regions
Monday, July 12, 2010 10:17:02 AM CST
Politics blogs: English regions
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Reporter: Coulson 'restrained' staff
Thursday, September 9, 2010 4:10:34 AM CST
Paul McMullan, who is a former deputy features editor at the News of the World, has said that then Editor Andy Coulson "restrained staff" in their investigations.
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Media barons "have no predators"
Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:35:06 AM CST
The Labour MP for West Bromwich, Tom Watson, used the Commons debate on phone hacking to accuse fellow members of cowardice in the face of Britain's tabloid newspapers.
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Which to cut - welfare or services?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:16:07 PM CST
The BBC's Nick Robinson is travelling the length of the A1 to get the public's opinion on the Spending Review.
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Jeremy Hunt on BBC spending
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6:11:49 AM CST
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is asked about coalition plans for the BBC as he outlines waste within the corporation.
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Phone hacking row continues at PMQs
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6:14:15 AM CST
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted it's for the police to decide how to proceed over the News of the World phone hacking row.
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Labour's soap opera leadership race
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:12:18 AM CST
Giles Dilnot reviews the 'trailer' for the soap opera of the long-running Labour leadership camapign, and looks forward to the storyline's explosive finale.
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Sewell calls to kill off Arts Council
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 3:18:18 AM CST
Art critic Brian Sewell wants to replace the Arts Council with Dragons Den-style funding bids.
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Hannan's referendum bid to leave EU
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 7:45:16 AM CST
Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan has launched a campaign for a referendum on Britain's membership to the European Union.
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Armed forces in Afghanistan debate
Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:09:37 PM CST
Live coverage from the House of Commons.
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Vulnerable to public sector cuts?
Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:09:53 AM CST
Find out how resilient areas of England might be
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Clueless?
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 5:33:26 PM CST
Why people who say 'I don't know' are smarter than we think
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Spending review
Friday, September 3, 2010 7:21:50 AM CST
What it is, how it works, the key arguments
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Red queen
Friday, September 3, 2010 9:38:11 AM CST
How Barbara Castle triumphed in a male dominated political world
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'Star Chamber'
Friday, September 3, 2010 10:56:48 PM CST
The spending review's political arm-wrestling contest