European Union

Tories cannot plead ignorance about social housing policies

Tuesday 14 May 2013

ON the one hand Andrew McKie concedes that the so-called bedroom tax is an ill thought-out policy, but on the other hand he excuses it by telling us that Tory ministers like Iain Duncan Smith didn't mean any harm by introducing it ("Difficult choices to be made helping those most in need", The Herald, May 13).

UK leadership profoundly frivolous, says fund chief

Tuesday 14 May 2013

JAMES Anderson, manager of the £2.7 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, has described the UK's political and economic leadership as "deeply lacking" and "profoundly frivolous".

Miliband under pressure over amendment vote on Europe

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Ed Miliband is under increasing pressure from within his own party ahead of a key Commons vote on Europe already threatening to tear apart the Conservatives.

Britain to double support for Syrian rebels

Tuesday 14 May 2013

BRITAIN is to double its non-lethal military support to Syria to help the opposition withstand the onslaught from Bashar al Assad's regime and to convince him he cannot win by force.

Brown attacks Tory 'Enoch Powell' immigration policy

Tuesday 14 May 2013

FORMER Prime Minister Gordon Brown has turned Labour's pro-UK campaign launch into an anti-Tory tirade by accusing David Cameron's Government of going down an Enoch Powell-style route over immigration.