Lib Dems split over support for cabinet colleague

But motorists could face stiffer fines for dangerous parking

Children across the country could be offered free bus travel under plans being considered by the Liberal Democrats.

Authorities are winning the war against metal and cable theft on the railways, according to latest figures.

News is likely to provoke more anger from commuters still reeling from the New Year inflation-busting rise in train fares last week.

Cowboy wheel clampers will be outlawed from clamping vehicles on private land from tomorrow as new legislation comes into place.

Plans to soften the blow from withdrawing child benefit from higher-rate taxpayers will be announced in the Budget later this month.

Exasperated with a primary process as protracted as it has been vicious, Republican Party grandees are looking to see if Mitt Romney can at last regain an aura of inevitability in tomorrow's "Super Tuesday" contests across 10 states.

Ever since 24 September last year, we have known the name of the winner of today's Russian presidential vote. That was the day when Vladimir Putin ended long-running speculation and instead of allowing his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev, a second term in the Kremlin, announced to Russia and the world that he would return himself.

It has been a black week for Nicolas Sarkozy. At a pivotal time in the presidential election campaign, he has suffered what one French newspaper described as “une semaine horribilis”.

President Barack Obama warned he should be taken seriously when he says he would consider military action to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

An MP suspended from the Labour Party after being charged with assault has said he will stand down from Parliament at the next general election, it was reported today.

Britain secured a number of key demands at the European Union to boost jobs and growth across the continent, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.