Unemployment has continued to soar in Scotland despite the rest of the UK seeing a fall in the number of people out of work, official figures have shown.

The European Commission should continue to provide information in non-official EU languages, MEPs urged this week (15 March), expressing disappointment that Russian-language fact-sheets produced by the EU executive's offices in Latvia were recently withdrawn.

On his first official visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle urged his hosts to fully normalise relations with EU member Cyprus, but heard from his interlocutors that the Cyprus issue should not affect their country's EU accession process. EurActiv Turkey reports.

LABOUR appeared to be embroiled in a second major dispute in Scotland involving the selection of a candidate.

Michael Pownall signed a legal gagging order to block the release of his memo explaining his controversial definition of a main home.

Concerning this: THE government has signalled that it plans to cut the drink driving limit to less than a pint of beer or a glass of wine. Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, expects an official review of the law to recommend reducing the legal limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of

There has been a large response to the main Conservative messages. Respondents fall into four categories. Long term opponents of the Conservatives are critical of the messages. That is no surprise, and would have been true whatever

OPPOSITION proposals for mandatory jail sentences for knife crime will cost up to £80 million a year, official figures showed today.

In just under an hour’s time, the Lib Dem Voice spring conference fringe takes place in Birmingham, marking the official launch of our new website: How Liberal / Authoritarian is your MP? The site’s web address is (We will be uploading the podcast of the Lib Dem Voice fringe meeting here as soon as possible.) How

Burglars are increasingly using break-ins to steal their victims' cars as well as household possessions, official figures have disclosed.