Liberal Democrat ministers also want to give life peers, who are eligible to sit in the Lords until they die, the opportunity to retire

Ex-treasurer attacks PM after victory in 'cash-for-access' case

Amid all the wrangling and recriminations  of last month’s £10bn spending cuts, one group of civil servants got an unexpected windfall.They hadn’t even asked for the money – the Treasury had to phone them up and tell them to apply. A few weeks later £200m was theirs.

The first couple to take advantage of the new same sex marriage Bill talk to Oliver Wright

Devolution could fuel nimbyism, says Lord Young

Under-fire contractor and Treasury criticised by MPs for running ‘arbitrary’ scheme

The authoritarian leader of Kazakhstan visited David Cameron in Downing Street while he was on a private trip to London with his family this week, it has emerged.

The head of Unite  blames clique for turning party into a ‘pinkish shadow’

Labour have attempted to ratchet up the pressure on Britain’s most senior civil servant to intervene in the row over allegations that the Conservatives’ election guru used his position to lobby ministers on behalf of private clients.

Whitehall officials told air coolers could have 'potential impact on electrical supplies' and present a 'risk to electric shock'