Gordon Brown's plan to reform the system of parliamentary allowances ran into trouble tonight when David Cameron and Nick Clegg flatly rejected Downing Street's central proposal to introduce a daily allowance for MPs. The prime minister will put pressure on backbench Labour MPs to support his plans in a parliamentary vote next week after the Tory and Liberal Democrat leaders said they wo...

According to Adam Price the new MORI poll giving the Tories 52%, Labour 24% and the Lib Dems 12% if turned into seats at Westminster would give the SNP-Plaid group 25-30 seats, making them the third force in UK politics and leaving the Lib Dems in the wilderness. According to Blog Menai the poll leaves the Lib Dems with 8 seats. The silver line in the Lib Dems' cloud is that once again they

Downing Street defends Gordon Brown's plans for MPs' expenses, amid opposition from Tories, Lib Dems and some Labour MPs.

In a historic press conference in the Downing Street garden, new PM and deputy PM pledge "freedom, fairness and responsibility".

JUST when you thought it was safe to switch on your laptop, it turns out the sequel to THIS could be just around the corner. The Prime Minister last week took the highly unusual step of using Downing Street TV to announce his plans to change the MPs' expenses system. But it's fair to say Brown's performance in front of the camera has been almost as widely discussed as the actual contents of his pr...

Downing Street says Nick Clegg’s call to accelerate plans for a higher personal tax allowance was only an aspiration of the deputy prime minister

Sarah Brown the Prime Minister's wife is proving to be the power behind the throne at least when it comes to the paintings on display in Downing Street.

Lib Dem conference this year brings with it the serialisation of Jasper Gerard’s biography of Nick Clegg. The focus will be on the claims that deputy Prime Minister has promised his wife he’ll only serve one term and that senior Lib Dems are interested in a soft electoral pact with the Tories. But, to my mind, the most interesting point is that the Lib Dems are keen on a new coalition ...

The Labour limbo continues: the party is down to 18 with Mori—level with the Lib Dems. This is, according to Political Betting, a Westminster voting intention poll. The Tories are on 40. I can’t think of the last time one of the big two was in the teens in a Westminster voting intention poll.

First Minister Alex Salmond has said a message needs to be sent to the Prime Minister to get the country out of what he labelled “the Downing Street downturn”.