Ken Livingstone today launched a new campaign against rising violent crime and police cuts in London, pledging to: 1. Reverse Boris Johnson's cuts to 1,700 police officers; 2. Reinstate sergeants to all 600 Safer Neighbourhood Teams, more of which will be beefed up to a minimum of nine officers, reversing the Tory Mayor's cut to 300 sergeants in 2011. According to the Metropolitan Police...

Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, has pressed Chris Huhne to reverse his decision to allow energy companies to substantially reduce the help they offer to make our homes more energy efficient. The Tory Government is cancelling Labour's Warm Front and CERT levies on energy companies, which have helped thousands of people at risk of fuel poverty in Southampton and the south to get...

Socialists attempt to draw distinctions with centre-right parties and reverse their fortunes.

Paul Blomfield MP has welcomed today's announcement by the BBC Trust to reverse around half of the planned £15m cut to the budgets of BBC local radio stations, regional news and 5 live. Paul Blomfield MP, who has campaigned against the cuts to BBC local radio, said: "Today's announcement is good news for BBC local radio. I'm pleased that Lord Patten has listened to the public ...

You remember the top secret American RQ-170 Sentinel drone went down over Iran last month, the one President Obama asked them to pretty please return? Well the Iranians are complying...sort of. While Iran may have trouble reverse engineering the drone itself, an Iranian company has profited by making miniature toy versions of the drone. The toys come on several colors, are made of Iranian plastic,...

by Michael Meacher, from Left Futures There is no doubt this is a defining moment for the Labour Party. No-one questions that Ed Balls cannot, with 3 years or more to go to the next election, promise to reverse this or that particular cut, because nobody can anticipate in this exceptionally fluid and febrile situation

If 2011 was Europe’s annus horribilis, EU ambassadors hope actions in the making will restore confidence in the 27-nation bloc, reverse the cascade of the sovereign debt crisis that has marred the EU, and ultimately turn 2012 into an annus mirabilis. More »

If 2011 was Europe’s annus horribilis, EU ambassadors hope actions in the making will restore confidence in the 27-nation bloc, reverse the cascade of the sovereign debt crisis that has marred the EU, and ultimately turn 2012 into an annus mirabilis. More »

The leader of the largest union has warned Labour that it faces "electoral disaster" after the party abandoned opposition to the public sector pay freeze and refused to reverse cuts being pushed through by the Coalition.

After embarrassing him once again, the Prime Minister has resolved to distance himself from the Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson.