European Union

Ministers call for petrol price-fixing oil executives to be jailed

Thursday 16 May 2013

OIL company executives found by European Commission investigators to have manipulated petrol prices should be jailed, MPs have insisted as the UK Government warned that, in such circumstances, the culprits must face the full force of the law.

Tory backbenchers in revolt over Europe referendum bill

Thursday 16 May 2013

DAVID Cameron's last night faced the largest revolt on Europe from his own MPs this parliament with 114 Conservative backbenchers supporting a rebel amendment on the Queen's Speech

Both Labour and Tories seem to be losing the political plot

Thursday 16 May 2013

IS anyone else finding the world of politics increasingly surreal?

'No' team suggests need for financial regulator

Thursday 16 May 2013

Coalition ministers have warned that an independent Scotland would be forced to create its own financial services regulator – a move which could push up the costs of mortgages, insurance policies and pensions.

Dorries' Ukip ticket bid rejected

Thursday 16 May 2013

NADINE Dorries, the maverick Tory MP, has raised the possibility of standing on a joint Conservative-Ukip ticket at the next General Election, a prospect swiftly dismissed by her party's high command.