Backbench Tory MPs are being urged to join the battle to prevent the break-up of Britain by persuading the English they are better off in a union with Scotland, the Daily Telegraph can reveal.

One in ten local authorities is defying the Government and planning to increase council tax, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The Daily Telegraph: MPs urge Cameron to opt out of EU laws on policing

So, does India want the UK’s aid or not? If you believe the Indian finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, the funds are unnecessary, ‘peanuts’ even. The Daily Telegraph reports that British ministers ‘begged’ the Indian government to take the money. The story is likely to garner attention, especially as aid to a growing power like India is a contentious proposition. But ...

The Daily Telegraph: Doubt over IMF's eurozone lifeline

The Daily Telegraph: UK could save £4bn on EU regional aid

The Daily Telegraph's Deputy editor, Benedict Brogan, thinks Chris Huhne's resignation could have wide ranging consequences for the Coalition.

Any CoffeeHousers with a taste for schadenfreude should read David Miliband’s article in the New Statesman. We have to move beyond big government, he declares. We need a growth strategy. I’m not sure if any Labour leader has ever argued otherwise: maybe, as Miliband implies, it has found one now. But, as I ask in my Daily Telegraph column today, what’s worse: a party that’s...

Eric Pickles praises the Daily Telegraph's campaign to bring back weekly bin collections.

Convicted criminals will be monitored 24 hours a day by satellite under moves being considered by ministers, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.