Thousands of "faceless" officials should lose the right to gain entry to people's homes without a warrant, under legal changes demanded by the House of Lords tonight.

This weekend, thousands of people defied the cold and the control in Moscow to show their dislike for Vladimir Putin and what Russia has become under his leadership: corrupt, energy-reliant, centralised, and uncompetitive. It is now a country that must win externally because it can't help but lose internally. ‘Post-BRIC’, as a new report has it. My guess is that Putin will ‘...

Greek default moves closer after negotiations on voluntary restructuring breakdown; France and Austria lose their triple-A rating as S&P criticise handling of eurozone crisis

EU Tax Commissioner: UK ???would lose a lot??? if other countries go ahead with FTT; Barnier: The City ???must play the European game???

The fledgling industry has been flourishing, but the halving of government subsidies has thrown it into confusion, reports Iain Hollingshead.

It was in May 2011 that the allegation first surfaced that, eight years previously, Chris Huhne had allegedly asked his then wife Vicky Pryce to take the rap for speeding points that would have seen the aspirant Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh lose his licence. It’s a charge Chris has strenuously denied ever since, always

In wake of Fred Goodwin, Alex Salmond suggests other bankers involved in financial crisis and convicted peers should lose titles.

British suppliers will no longer have priority in supplying the Ministry of Defence, a government White Paper reveals.

Decision to remove the honour was taken by the ‘forfeiture committee’, an obscure body made up of Britain’s most senior civil servants

With the SNP calling for a Scottish Independence referendum, the question asked by the Labour party is how will this affect Wales. What they really asking is how will it affect the Labour party. Over the years Labour MP’s in England as relied on both Scottish and Welsh MP’s to hold a majority in the London governments. If Scotland was to become independent and Wales will lose 10 MP&rsq...