Newly-installed British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond criticized Israel on Wednesday for defending itself against Hamas terror, in terms that neatly encapsulated western elites’ hypocrisy towards the State of Israel. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today, Hammond suggested–without evidence–that Israel might have
Britain is still set to hand out £5bn in tax credits to immigrants, despite David Cameron’s crackdown on benefit tourism. Tax credits top up the salary of low paid workers, they are effectively ‘in work’ benefits and can far outstrip
Plans announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron to cut benefits to jobless immigrants may be illegal. On Tuesday the European Commission said it will examine the plans closely to see they comply with European Union law, which is superior
Labour bosses have claimed that UKIP voters will propel their party to victory at next year’s General Election, according to the Daily Telegraph. The party says that if UKIP poll over 9 percent, they will cost the Conservatives enough seats
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has come under fire from UKIP’s North Eastern Member of the European Parliament Jonathan Arnott after repeatedly mixing up two very distinct areas of Britain in a radio interview. Speaking to BBC Tees, the Prime
In recent weeks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proved to be master of losing friends and alienating people, but even by his standards, news that Charlie Brooks is to run for UKIP will be a blow. The horse racing
Conservatives are refusing to give back a £160k donation from a Russian oligarch with links to the Kremlin, according to the Sun. The money was paid by the wife of Vladimir Putin’s former deputy finance minister for a special tennis
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will introduce new laws to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) including making it compulsory for teachers and health workers to report cases, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. The government, hosting a one-day London summit
John Bercow has had a rather difficult year. Twelve months ago, the Speaker of the House of Commons suffered public humiliation at the hands of Conservative MPs, who passed to the press physical evidence of so-called “Bollocked By Bercow” badges
Former UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson – recently sacked in Prime Minister David Cameron’s reshuffle – said today that he received more death threats from green activists than ever he did from Republican and Loyalist terrorists during his stint as
Before he came to power David Cameron promised “a bonfire of the quangos” – all those useless government advisory bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the General Social Care Council and the Independent Commission for Aid Impact,
“We’ve got to get rid of all this green crap”, David Cameron is said to have told one of his senior ministers in November last year in a rare moment of vaguely conservative conviction. So why this week did he
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday called an emergency meeting following the crash of a Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people in rebel-held east Ukraine. Nine Britons were on the doomed jet, according to Malaysian Airlines.
A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a British holidaymaker on Christmas Eve and raping his Russian partner. The Colombo High Court said town council chief Sampath Vidanapathirana
Understandably, recent British headlines have been dominated by Prime Minister David Cameron’s sweeping and divisive reshuffle of his cabinet, just ten months away from a General Election that could turn into one of the bloodiest in history. Neither the traditional
David Cameron’s recent reshuffle was viewed as radical by some and controversial by others. Quite blatantly having one eye on the 2015 elections, the decisive hand of Election Director Lynton Crosby was thought to be crucial. One place where Crosby
Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, personally congratulated former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard when her Labor government introduced the carbon tax. In a move described by the Sydney Morning Herald as a “clear embarrassment” for then opposition leader Tony
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the European Parliament rowed back on Wednesday after saying the EU legislature might reject Britain’s nominee for the European Commission, Jonathan Hill, for “radically anti-European” views. Martin Schulz told a news conference he had
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the European Parliament said on Wednesday that the “radically anti-European” views of Jonathan Hill, British premier David Cameron’s nominee for the European Commission, might prevent him getting onto the EU’s executive body.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s newly eurosceptic cabinet reflects the increasing prevalence of anti-EU feelings in the country, a newly promoted minister said Wednesday. Conservative Cameron has conducted a major shake-up of his ministers, notably replacing foreign secretary William Hague
Michael Gove’s colourful stint as Education Secretary is over. He has fallen foul of David Cameron’s cull of white middle-aged men, and has been moved onwards, but not necessarily upwards, to become Chief Whip. Cameron is hoping that voters will
David Cameron has pledged to look at ways to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in the light of the sacking of his most senior legal advisor, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Prime Minister is believed to
David Cameron’s former chief of staff has admitted that he voted UKIP in last month’s European Elections. Speaking at the Freedom Dinner, organised by pro-smoking group Forest, Alex Deane said that he voted UKIP at the European Elections as “any
Philip Hammond, named Britain’s new foreign secretary on Tuesday, is an arch-eurosceptic who wants to leave the European Union unless London retakes significant powers from Brussels. The former defence secretary, who replaces William Hague, is an unshowy performer dubbed the
Three women have been promoted to cabinet in David Cameron’s biggest reshuffle of his premiership. It followed a night of sackings nicknamed by Westminster insiders as the cull of the “pale, male and stale”. The changes were seen as purely
LONDON (AP) — Defense Secretary Philip Hammond will become Britain’s new foreign secretary as Prime Minister David Cameron shakes up his Cabinet ahead of an election next year. Michael Fallon was named to the top defense post, moving up from
William Hague’s surprise resignation as foreign secretary is the latest twist in a political career that has seen soaring highs and deep lows. Now 53, Hague began as a prodigy who first caught public notice when he gave a rousing
Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will step down and make way for new blood in David Cameron’s last Cabinet reshuffle before the General Election next year. The reshuffle has already seen major figures axed, and Hague’s
British Prime Minister David Cameron has targeted opponents of his flagship ‘Same Sex Marriage’ legislation, as well as reducing the number of men in the British cabinet in tonight’s long-awaited UK Cabinet reshuffle. The move has seen older, middle class
Jean-Claude Juncker has demanded Britain send a woman to be our next European Commissioner, replacing Baroness (Cathy) Ashton, whose term has ended. The soon-to-be-installed President of the European Commission made the demand as he wants half of his cabinet to
David Cameron will today announce another £1.1bn in defence spending, just ten days after the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was launched at a cost of £6.2bn. The announcement will come at the Farnborough Air Show and includes “everything
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday he was “extremely concerned” about the loss of life in Gaza, where five days of Israeli air strikes have killed more than 120 Palestinians. “Extremely concerned about humanitarian situation and loss of
The European Court of Justice has dealt a blow to David Cameron’s 2010 election manifesto pledge to make immigrants from outside the European Union pass an English language test before they are allowed to come to the UK to marry.
British Formula One fans have long dreamed of a Grand Prix in London and the prospect moved a step closer Friday when Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to change the law. New legislation to be introduced later this year
The privatisation of Britain’s Royal Mail was blighted by a fear of failure and poor advice from banks, a committee of MPs has said. The UK’s formerly state-run postal service was sold for £2bn in October last year, priced at
Rumours were swirling today that London Mayor Boris Johnson may stand for Parliament in the seat of Uxbridge at next year’s General Election. The London Evening Standard reports that current MP Sir John Russell announced earlier that he intends to
The government is proposing to force a bill through parliament next week to require phone and internet companies to keep a record of their customers communications. David Cameron claimed the measures where vital to combat terrorism from extremists in Iraq
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain may come away empty-handed when European Union leaders carve up a package of top EU jobs next week, due to its fierce opposition to Jean-Claude Juncker’s appointment as the next European Commission president. Prime Minister David
David Cameron has pledged to take action to stop unions going on strike after huge numbers of public sector workers failed to turn up to work today. The Prime Minister said that in future strikes should only take place when
LONDON (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most senior civil servants said on Tuesday he did not know who, if anyone, had authorised the removal of over 100 missing government files that could shed light on allegations that well-known politicians abused
