The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.

Simon Thomas pulls out of the Plaid Cymru leadership election and throws his support behind Ceredigion assembly member Elin Jones.

Nominations for the Plaid Cymru leadership close, with four Assembly Members on the ballot paper hoping to replace Ieuan Wyn Jones.

Ken Livingstone has called on Boris Johnson in a letter today to "ditch the dirty tricks - and have a debate with me on the fares issue so people can make up their minds": Dear Boris, There can be little doubt that the mayoral election has changed recently. Far from being the re-coronation you once hoped this contest would be, it’s now accepted that the race will be closely fought. Even some...

The anti-monarchy group Republic warns schools they may break the law if they take part in a cooking competition to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Nominations are now closed for the leadership contest for Plaid Cymru. I am delighted that bookmakers have Leanne Wood as favourite to win.  Leanne, has already garnered impressive support, ranging from popular former MP Adam Price, from AMs Bethan Jenkins and Lindsay Whittle; from Allan Pritchard, the Plaid leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council; from Carmarthenshire

(Enter the caption contest in the comments section below) And any kind of humor is very much needed after last nights State of the Union Address! But first, for anyone who played along with the SOTU cliche game, did you pick the correct first one of the speech and if you did what was it? As for this joke we had to dig deep in the archives (actually a friend of mine emailed it to me yesterday), but...

Comedian continues his mockery of the Republican contest, saying his ‘fellow South Caroliniacs see me as the only Mitternative’

Frontrunner looks to take hat trick in the Republican presidential nomination contest, after winning New Hampshire primary

Mitt Romney’s status as the overwhelming favourite to be the Republican nominee for president is confirmed by a new poll out of South Carolina. It has Romney on 37 per cent, 18 points ahead of his nearest rival Rick Santorum. South Carolina is the next primary contest after New Hampshire, which takes place on Tuesday and which Romney is expected to win comfortably.   The significance of...