Labour's Charlotte MacKenzie today lent her support to two campaigns to move children's services to the top of the political agenda. Charlotte said: "In Cornwall, we know that the investment in new children's centres - which I warmly welcome - hasn't always been matched by the effective co-ordination needed to make children's services fail-safe. I am glad that the Ofsted i...

ALEX Salmond is not happy. Voters are about to be treated to the first ever televised pre-election leaders' debates, but he will not be included.

There will be ''no backroom deals'' with the other political parties ahead of the general election, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg insisted today.

strong>The "Fear Factory" is a new film about the criminal justice system. Watch the trailer or find out more here. Off the back of the film, 47 national organisation joined a coalition asking for an end to this 'arms race on political tough talk';

The leaders of the three largest political groups in the European Parliament have joined forces to call for stronger economic governance in the EU.  

MPs urge political parties to set aside "pre-election point scoring" and try to reach consensus over elderly social care in England.

Take a look at this. To you it may be a smudge, but to the eagled-eyed politico it’s Google Street View showing a political campaign poster (for the Burnley Liberal Democrats’ campaign to save the local hospital). Is this the first time a political campaign poster has been caught on Google Street View?

Whatever else may or may not be true of Harry Cohen MP, he was the subject of one of my favourite political insults. It came from Norman Tebbit: The Honourable Gentleman would have made a fool of himself, if God...

The leaders of the UK's main political parties have faced tough questioning from School Reporters as part of BBC School Report News Day.

Any remaining pretence that the Lib Dems are on the centre-left has been smashed by Nick Clegg's nauseating praise for Margaret Thatcher in the Spectator today ( There's a useful way to work out exactly where the Lib Dems are on the political spectrum, which is to look at the proposed mix of tax increases and public spending cuts the three main parties are proposing for tackling the deficit. These...