The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has blamed the House of Lords for derailing attempts to prosecute Baroness Uddin over her expenses claims.

The lie about prison sentences continues to be pulled on the public. 15 years we are told - but it will mean 7.5 yrs. Yes those responsible for the murder by starvation Khyra Ishaq may have had all sorts of issue and problems. But justice demands between 20-30 years or the rope for their crime. Mercy and understanding can be accommodated in the style of their incarceration, but justice demands con...

CITY leader Jenny Dawe has pledged to come clean over the city's tram scheme by ordering full details to be made public.

Yesterday was another successful day for anti terrorism. I was especially grateful as I was travelling to and from Manchester by public transport in order to make a speech there. We should not tempt providence or take things for granted. The anti terrorist police and Intelligence services are to

Charging for free personal care and a series of other Alex Salmond's giveaways is to be considered as part of an official review of public spending commissioned by SNP ministers.

The cost of funding public sector workers' pensions is set to rise to the equivalent of more than £1,000 for every household within a decade, experts have calculated.

Labour has pledged to impose no new tax rises despite being warned that increases are the only way to cut record public debt.

Labour last night claimed that it will not have to put up taxes further if it won the general election, despite the record level of public debt.

Bristol Convention of the Left welcomes you to a day of decentralised discussion in Easton Community Centre. The Convention will be about participation not top-down platforms, and hopes to develop agreement on the Left about policies around which we can all unite. We will be holding workshops on: -War and Peace - Palestine, Afghanistan and Iran -Defending Public Services -Solidarity

The official in charge of Europe's new ten-year economic strategy has said the European Commission will rely on scoreboards and public warnings to embarrass national governments into hitting targets on reform and research investment.