Updated 5:06am 31 May 2012

Powered by Google

Gordon Brown and David Cameron battle for Lib Dem coalition

A DRAMATIC weekend of Westminster horse-trading is underway as Labour and the Conservatives fought for the support of “kingmaker” Nick Clegg.Read

Gordon Brown and David Cameron set to battle for power

Gordon Brown and David Cameron were locked in a battle for power today as the election seemed to be heading for a hung parliament.Read

Gordon Brown pledges 'stable government' to help recovery

Gordon Brown has pledged to play his part in Britain "having a strong, stable and principled government".Read

Electoral Commission pledges review into polling station chaos

A "thorough review" into incidents around the country where people were unable to vote by the time polls closed at 10pm was pledged by the Electoral Commission.Read

High turnout sees Liverpool constituency runs out of ballot papers

Some polling stations ran out of ballot papers today because of the unexpectedly high turnout.Read

Armed police keep Lib Dems in Newcastle HQ

Liberal Democrat activists were detained in their office by armed police investigating an incident outside, one of them said tonight.Read

Gordon Brown could cling to power if exit poll is correct

If the exit poll is right, Gordon Brown could seek to cling to power through horse trading with the Liberal Democrats and other parties.Read

General Election 2010: Live Midlands coverage

OUR team of reporters are at election counts taking place across the West Midlands.Read

Sterling drops more than a cent as exit polls points to hung parliament

Sterling fell more than a cent against the dollar after tonight's exit poll as fears over a hung Parliament prompted traders to bail out of sterling.Read

Mandelson admits it looks like being a cliffhanger

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said the country was heading for a "cliffhanger" result after an exit poll pointed to a hung parliament.Read

Britain 'heading for hung parliament'

Britain is heading for a hung parliament with the Conservatives the largest party at Westminster in a "cliffhanger" election, according to a TV exit poll tonight.Read

Exit poll suggests hung parliament

Britain is heading for a hung parliament with the Conservatives the largest party, according to a TV exit poll tonight.Read

Ukip candidate Nigel Farage injured in plane crash

Ukip candidate Nigel Farage was injured in a light plane crash in Northamptonshire today, police sources said.Read

Kingstanding mum 'nagged' into voting for first time by daughter, 11.

CASTING her first-ever vote today will be Birmingham mum-of-three Alena Saines – who has been “nagged” into a polling booth by her young daughter.Read

Lord Mandelson on the phones to win Edgbaston voters

“HELLO, this is Peter Mandelson calling from the Labour Party, to check if you will be supporting us on Thursday?”Read

General Election 2010: Battle for West Midlands votes

All eyes will be on Edgbaston, the former Conservative stronghold which Labour won from the Tories for the first time in 1997.Read

Clegg outlines Liberal Democrat pledges in newspaper adverts

Nick Clegg offered a "personal guarantee" to Liberal Democrat voters today about what he would seek to achieve with any influence he might wield after the election.Read

£12m donated to Conservatives in first three months of 2010

The Conservative Party accepted donations totalling £12,357,714 in the first quarter of 2010, data from the Electoral Commission showed today.Read

Gordon Brown and wife Sarah make TV debut before Warwickshire visit

Gordon Brown joined his wife Sarah in their first live televised interview together today, before they travelled to Warwickshire on the first stop of a tour of the UK.Read

Weather forecast predicts rain on General Election day

Voters may find themselves dodging showers on the way to polling stations on Thursday and the weather - like the balance of power - is expected to remain unsettled on Friday.Read