The race to succeed Michael Martin as Speaker of the Commons has intensified with the 10 candidates vying to take on the prestigious job giving speeches in the Commons.Read
Britain has given an extra £5 million food and education aid to Zimbabwe and promised more if the country can show it is on the road to real democratic reform.Read
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has cut its repossession forecast saying lower interest rates and a raft of Government initiatives are helping people stay in their homes.Read
Police have made a series of arrests after climate change campaigners boarded a coal freighter in a bid to prevent it unloading its cargo at a power station.Read
Nominations have opened for the post of Speaker of the House of Commons, amid claims Labour whips are trying to swing the contest in favour of party grandee Margaret Beckett.Read
Hundreds of sacked construction workers have burned their dismissal notices outside a refinery in an act of defiance against French oil giant Total.Read
Gordon Brown has insisted that the Government had "left no stone unturned" in trying to secure the release of British hostages in Iraq, amid criticism of its handling of the saga.Read
Police have made a series of arrests after climate change campaigners boarded a coal freighter in a bid to prevent it unloading its cargo at a power station.Read
British officials are watching events in Iran "closely" as the stand-off continue between security forces and protesters contesting the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Read
Gordon Brown is demanding the immediate release of three British hostages in Iraq as tributes are paid to the two dead captives whose remains were handed over to authorities.Read
Two women who claim they were unlawfully arrested and detained for campaigning against police surveillance during an environmental protest are reportedly planning to lodge a claim with the police watchdog.Read
