Chris Huhne has become the first Cabinet minister in living memory to be charged with a serious criminal offence after the fall-out from his acrimonious divorce left him facing court, a potential jail sentence and the end of his political career. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke. So, is the next bloke at DECC

Energy Secretary becomes first Cabinet minister in living memory to be charged with serious criminal offence after the fall-out from his divorce left him facing court, a potential jail sentence and the end of his political career.

The senior Liberal Democrat said he would defend himself against the allegation of attempting to pervert the course of justice after CPS announced the charge

Chris Huhne resigns as Energy Secretary, after being charged with criminal offence.

Chris Huhne has resigned from his post as Energy Secretary after being charged by the CPS over allegedly perverting the course of justice.

And here's the full text: ‘This statement is made by the Crown Prosecution Service in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in the cases of Mr Christopher Huhne and Ms Vasiliki Pryce and to explain the time taken in arriving at these decisions. A criminal complaint was made to Essex Police in May 2011, alleging that Ms Pryce had accepted respo...

The CPS was building up to a bang, not a whimper, after all: the Director of Public Prosecutions has just announced that Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce will have criminal charges brought against them for 'perverting the course of justice'. Both will appear in court on 16 February. We have not yet heard from the minister himself, although there are reports that he will resign to ‘clear...

David Cameron expected to reshuffle cabinet after prosecutors say they will charge energy secretary over speeding points allegations

Energy Secretary to learn tomorrow whether he and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce will face criminal charges over allegations he asked her to take speeding points on his behalf.

At least 20,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.