Former Labour minister, Frank Field, claims poor voting turnout shows seats are being 'wasted'

It is about time the Church became serious about politics. The debacle over its opposition to the Government's welfare reform programme offers the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, a God-given opportunity to totally reshape the role of bishops in the House of Lords.

Stewart Jackson has refused to pay the £54,000 that Ipsa claims he owes on his home

Lloyds Banking Group came under attack today for cutting hundreds more jobs and planning to close a large office.

Critical verdict could leave Chancellor isolated as the global consensus appears to turn against austerity

The party will need to convert eurosceptic zeal to dealing with complaints about drains

Workers in the country's biggest post offices will stage a fresh strike today in a bitter row over jobs, pay and branch closures.

Workers in the country's biggest Post Office will stage a fresh strike tomorrow in a bitter row over jobs, pay and branch closures.

Tim Parker tried to convince me he was staying put when he breezed into my office this week, but I still suspect it won’t be long before the private equity world’s favourite boss has found something new to occupy his mind.

Northern Ireland's first shared education campus for Catholic and Protestant schoolchildren has been granted planning approval.

Staff, students and alumni of the University of London have spoken up in an attempt to defend it from the threat of imminent closure.

Police and protesters have clashed in Istanbul after hundreds tried to breach barricades and reach the city's main square to mark May Day in defiance of a government ban.

Labour looks set for sweeping seat gains in next Thursday's English county and unitary authority polls, the Press Association's council by-elections analysis suggests today.

HSBC could be hit by strikes across its UK business after it warned more than 3,000 staff their jobs could be axed in its latest cost-cutting drive.