![]() Mirror.co.uk | Coalition deal 'untruths' claim BBC News Labour's Ed Miliband has claimed the coalition government was "built on a series of untruths" after revelations in a BBC documentary. David Cameron sold the coalition idea to his Conservative party by telling MPs Labour was offering Lib Dems a switch ... Labour did NOT promise Lib Dems voting reform without referendum. So who lied? 'Why I'm sorry for Lib Dems' Coalition won't last full term, says Oaten |
![]() Mirror.co.uk | Duncan Smith outlines benefits overhaul Financial Times A radical simplification of the benefits system designed to ensure that part-time work is worth undertaking was set out on Friday by Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary. But the paper, which emphasises the need to simplify the benefits ... Benefits could be localised Tax reform shake-up of benefits Welfare reform vision unveiled |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK' BBC News Chair of a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, Senator Robert Menendez, has said he may send investigators to Britain. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and former UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw refused to testify in the ... Lockerbie senator considers sending investigators to Britain Senators head to UK over Lockerbie Lockerbie Senator In New Appeal To Witnesses |
![]() The Caledonian Mercury (blog) | Scotland's 'free' services and 60000 public sector jobs face the axe Telegraph.co.uk Scotland must face the end of universal free benefits and up to 60000 public sector job losses are required if the country is to cope with swingeing spending cuts, an official review has recommended. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor The ... 60000 Scots public sector jobs face axe under drastic Holyrood cuts plan Where will Swinney's axe fall hardest? Fears for 60000 public-sector jobs facing the axe in Scotland |
The Guardian | Do you take this complete stranger? Vicar facing prison for conducting 360 ... Daily Mail A Church of England vicar was found guilty yesterday of carrying out the biggest fake wedding scam Britain has ever seen. The Reverend Alex Brown abused his position to marry 360 illegal immigrants to complete strangers ... Reverend's 360 sham weddings scam 360 weddings – and a prison sentence? Vicar 'mystery' |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Pair jailed for murdering three-year-old boy in their care Telegraph.co.uk The mother of a three-year-old boy battered to death by her cousin has said she should never be released from jail. By Nick Britten Kayley Boleyn, 19, and her boyfriend, Christopher Taylor, were jailed on Thursday for life for killing Ryan ... Sick babysitters jailed for life over murder of toddler Couple jailed for three-year-old's murder Bilston couple jailed for life for killing three-year-old |
Daily Mail | Trident costs must come from MoD budget, Osborne says BBC News The full £20bn cost of renewing the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent must be paid for by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has said. Traditionally, the Treasury has always found the money for the submarines. The chancellor's comments come as ... Cabinet clash on Trident Liam Fox in Ministry of Defence cuts warning Fox slapped down by Osborne over Trident costs |
The Guardian | David Miliband to win by a short Ed The Sun SHADOW Foreign Secretary David Miliband is on course to win the Labour leadership - just pipping younger brother Ed. His 37 per cent of first-preference votes is eight ahead of Ed's 29 per cent, an exclusive ... Miliband brothers battle it out over Iraq war David Miliband leading race - poll Cambridge voters 'betrayed' by Lib Dems - Miliband |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | General who once said British troops were not Bush's poodles is new head of army Telegraph.co.uk A military chief who once insisted that British troops would not blindly do America's bidding in the Iraq War has been appointed as the new head of the Army. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor General Sir Peter Wall, 55, ... British gov't appoints new head of army General Sir Peter Wall named British army's new head Wall's wars |
![]() GlobalVisas | UK population 'to increase by 24%' The Press Association The UK will be the biggest country in Western Europe by 2050, overtaking both France and Germany, figures showed. The UK's population will increase to 77 million in just 40 years' time from 62.2 million today, a rise of almost 24%, the US-based ... UK's population will be the biggest in Europe says US group UK to have largest population in Europe Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050 |