Last week we saw the most sinister errors of judgement of his premiership in the form of ads in the poorest taste imaginable

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

Many workers don't qualify, while others are failing to enrol

The former deputy chief of staff at the White House was once described as the 'most powerful person in Washington you’ve never heard of'

Deputy prime minister drew outrage for saying Japan should learn from how the Nazi party stealthily changed Germany's inter-war constitution

Drilling began at 11.15am at the West Sussex site as demonstrations entered their ninth day

The head of the children’s services department accused of failing to prevent the death of the four-year-old schoolboy Daniel Pelka was still in his job last night despite growing calls for him to stand down.

Abuse intensifies with bomb threats

New peers could cost the taxpayer about £1.2m, plus travel and other expenses, leaving PM with awkward questions over promise to cut cost of politics

Deputy PM wants to more than quadruple industry, but critics say lack of clear targets is holding back confidence

Thirty new members of the House of Lords have been announced by Downing Street, 24 of whom will sit for the Coalition parties.

Aso said Japan could learn from the way the Nazi party stealthily changed Germany's constitution without anyone realising

So they’re installing disco lights in the Upper Chamber?

Nick Clegg has suggested that a secret list of firms and individuals that used corrupt private investigators should be published in the interests of “transparency”.