Boris Johnson says 'I did not lie' to parliament over lockdown partiesParliament's Committee of Privileges is investigating whether Johnson, who was ousted from Downing Street in September, intentionally or re...
22 Mar, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
Tread carefully while defining extremism: Joint Committee on Human RightsThe government should reconsider its strategy on fighting extremism because it risks making the situation worse, the Joint Committee on Hum...
22 Jul, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
'Brexit' vote: Britain divided on eve of key EU referendumTheir warning came on the last day of the four-month-long campaigning before polling booths open at 7 am local time tomorrow with the final...
23 Jun, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
Non-domicile tax status scrapped in UK budgetLakshmi Mittal will be among a number of UK-based overseas-born millionaires likely to be affected by the abolition of "non-dom" status.
08 Jul, 2015, 09.30 PM IST
Indian-origin UK MP Keith Vaz appointed vice-chairman of Labour partyOne of Britain's longest serving Indian-origin MPs, Keith Vaz, has been appointed as vice-chairman of the Labour party.
28 May, 2015, 03.24 PM IST
Happy families a commons trend: Britain has families together in the ruling and Opposition benchesEd Balls and his wife Yvette Cooper were members of Gordon Brown cabinet.
14 May, 2015, 07.46 AM IST
UK Labour Party willing to work with Narendra Modi if he becomes PMAn official freezing of diplomatic ties with Modi had been initiated under the Labour-led government in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat r...
14 May, 2014, 06.15 PM IST
UK's opposition Labour party hires Obama's poll guruAxelrod, 59, was a key architect of US President Obama's back-to-back presidential victories in 2008 and 2012.
18 Apr, 2014, 06.22 PM IST
Britain agrees to new press regulation dealBritish Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to create a new press watchdog under a Royal Charter underpinned by laws.
18 Mar, 2013, 03.55 PM IST
- No compromise on Olympics security: UK
A Brit minister defended the move to deploy army personnel for security of Olympics after a private firm failed to supply the required numb...
15 Jul, 2012, 08.18 PM IST
- Murdoch fallout: Top UK minister's aide quits
An aide of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today resigned following the publication of a large number of emails that reflected proximity betw...
25 Apr, 2012, 07.08 PM IST
Labour party's Seema Malhotra wins London bypollThe byelection to the Feltham and Heston constituency, a stronghold of the Labour, was caused by the death of former party MP, Alan Keen.
16 Dec, 2011, 06.22 PM IST
- Who wants to be PM?
For each week Britain's PM enjoy a busman's holiday, Cabinet ministers act as stand-ins.
11 Aug, 2009, 02.08 AM IST
- British government outlines tighter rules on expenses
Britain outlines plans for a reform of the discredited expenses system for parliamentarians at the centre of a scandal that has engulfed al...
21 May, 2009, 02.06 AM IST
- Whites to lose jobs to ethnic minorities, women under new UK law
White men in Britain could be blocked from jobs and promotions under a so-called equality drive unveiled by the Labour Party on Thursday. D...
26 Jun, 2008, 07.39 PM IST
- Whites to lose jobs to ethnic minorities, women under new UK law
White men in Britain could be blocked from jobs and promotions under a so-called equality drive unveiled by the Labour Party on Thursday.
26 Jun, 2008, 03.02 PM IST
- Brown to succeed Blair as rival concedes defeat
Britain’s chancellor Gordon Brown has cleared the final hurdle to succeed Tony Blair as the prime minister as his only rival, Left-winger J...
18 May, 2007, 03.17 AM IST