Contenders range from large cities such as Edinburgh, Leeds and London, among the frontrunners, to Bicester and Torbay

Thanks to his spectacular surge last week, culminating in a big win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, Newt Gingrich looked like he was back in contention for the Republican presidential nomination. Immediately, he took a commanding lead in Florida – which will host the next primary on Tuesday. And though Mitt Romney remained the clear favourite to go up against Barack Obama in Novem...

"On the basis of economic theory and historical experience, the life expectancy of a societal model with 50 percent or more government control over the economy does therefore not look promising. The taxing, resources-consuming state-parasite must constantly weaken and sooner or later kill the productive and wealth-creating market-host. When does this happen? Well, we are about to find out, as we a...

Legislation which will make it easier for small venues to host live music has been cleared in the House of Commons.

Herman Cain may have dropped out of the Presidential race weeks ago, but new ads are advocating a vote for him in South Carolina. These videos, including the one above, are being put out by the ‘Super PAC’ set up by satirist Stephen Colbert, the host of the Colbert Report famous for joking at George Bush's expense at the 2006 White House Correspondents' dinner. Super PACs ...

The Rio ‘Earth’ Summit in 1992 was the “world’s biggest ever political gathering” with 108 heads of state or government. Its successes and failures on the environment and development continue to shape those debates. In June, Rio de Janeiro will host the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, a.k.a. Rio+20. A very early draft document suggests it

David Cameron and a host of other current and former ministers will lead the charge against Scottish independence, attempting to move beyond the referendum

Twitter's wits were out in force as Ed Miliband fumbled a tribute to quiz show presenter Bob Holness, the host of Blockbusters, creating the hashtag #EdMilibandgameshows. Here's the best of the Tweets.

Labour leader has bungled simple task of sending tweet to mark the death of Bob Holness, the host of Blockbusters.

This year the finalists of the Schools Questions and Answers competition will host a live BBC debate, and get a tour of parliament.