A senior figure in the Conservative Party reportedly said grassroots Tories are forcing MPs to oppose gay marriage and Europe

Here to say sorry?

A Cabinet minister has controversially warned that the Government is upsetting “vast numbers of people” with its plans for same-sex marriage.

Former minister Peter Hain – a close ally of the Labour leader – tells Andrew Grice that his party must start making overtures to the Lib Dems

Inside Westminster: Cameron’s strategy could only work if Eurosceptics trust him. They don’t, and it hasn’t

If you have money to throw away and a mind bunged up with prejudices you feel you must share, all you need do these days is contact the advertising department of The Times.

Ukip surged on in the latest council by-elections, storming a previously rock-solid Labour stronghold at Rawmarsh in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Friend of Sri Lanka hopes to catch the eye of Tory leaders

MP who accused party of talking too much about Europe is leading backbench revolt to ensure in/out vote held by 2017

John Baron can seem like a Mafia operative offering you the sort of protection that it would be unwise to refuse

Nadine Dorries, that ever troublesome Tory MP, wants to be the first to be chosen to run for Parliament in 2015 on a joint Conservative/UKIP ticket. Her announcement, via The Spectator, must have had the Conservative Party bosses rolling their eyes and wondering why they ever readmitted her to the party. They say they will stop her doing it, because a change in electoral law means that no one can now run as the candidate of a party unless they have been signed off by party’s headquarters, even if their local association is prepared to back them.

David Cameron has appointed George Eustice, his former press secretary and former Ukip candidate, as his new adviser on Energy and Climate Change issues, it was announced today.

Lib Dem leader hardens party's commitment to giving public a say

A wave of media criticism greeted David Cameron this morning, with commentators on both left and right joining in. The bone of contention is, as so often in Tory circles, the EU - specifically the Prime Minister's unexpected decision to allow a referendum bill in this parliament. Here's a dose of the general displeasure: