Birmingham Ladywood MP and former Cabinet minister Clare Short says she will be stepping down as an MP at the next General Election. Ms Short blamed Tony Blair's foreign policy and said: "I have…
Sir Menzies Campbell has said that he sees it as a "moral responsibility" to make the wealthy pay more in tax in spite of his plan to drop the Liberal Democrats' commitment to a new 50p top rate of…
Today the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell announces the creation of a new working group to tackle inequality and poverty and launches the Party's policy framework document Trust…
Yesterday Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell and Liberal Democrat Peer Lord (Paul) Tyler, launch a cross-party 'virtual conference', aimed at re-engaging people with the political process.…
Labour Party erupted into civil war as eight members of the Government quit their posts today over Tony Blair's refusal to name a date for his resignation as Labour leader. Junior minister Tom Watson…
A group of normally loyal Labour MPs have written to Tony Blair urging him to quit as prime minister. The MPs, who were principally elected in 2001, have confronted Mr Blair amid growing calls for…
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP has given five areas in which the Labour Party in government has failed:
The Conservatives have today announced that they would raise from "green" taxes. Liberal Democrat Environmental Spokesperson Chris Huhne said in response "It is flattering that the Tories are moving…
Climate chaos is the greatest threat facing our society. Nine of the hottest ten years on record have been since 1990. Just in Britain, we have suffered two floods in 2002 that were meant to occur…
Dozens of Labour Party members in Margaret Beckett's constituency are to defect to the Liberal Democrats today in protest at her handling of the Lebanon crisis. They announced their decision today at…
