Archive of articles from 2012

NHS reform: Commons scene of 'worst tempered debate'

The deputy Speaker tried to control the rhetoric in the Commons today.

A debate on the publication of an NHS risk register has been branded the "worst tempered" session of his tenure by the deputy Speaker.

'Get on with it', Scottish sec tells Salmond

An independence referendum could take place as soon as September 2013, Scottish secretary Michael Moore has said.

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Labour steps up fight as 'party of defence'

Labour steps up fight as the party of defence

Labour is launching its 'shadow defence review' in a fresh attempt to draw attention to the government's defence cuts.

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UK vulnerable to 'space EMP attack'

The government is nowhere near prepared enough for a potential nuclear bomb detonation in space, MPs have warned.

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Occupy faces eviction from St Paul's after all appeals rejected

The camp has been stationed outside St Paul's since the tail end of the summer.

Occupy protesters camped in St Paul's face eviction from the area after all their appeals were rejected by the courts.

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Fox returns to demand tax cuts

Liam Fox is back to ruffle coalition feathers

Momentum towards tax cuts is continuing to accelerate, as Liam Fox and the CBI add their weight to calls to help businesses foster Britain's economic recovery.

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Rifkind calls for Syrian trade embargo

A man in the rubble of his home in Idlib, Syria

Britain and other western states should bring the Syrian crisis "to a head" by imposing a full economic embargo, former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has said.

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Missing, presumed dead: MPs demand change in law

Manic Street Preachers lyricist Richey Edwards disappeared 1995 and was officially presumed dead in 2008

New laws are needed to help the families of missing people settle their affairs, an influential committee of MPS found today.

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Suarez affair prompts Downing Street summit on football racism

David Cameron met representatives from the football authorities, former players and campaign groups at Downing Street today to discuss the issue of discrimination in football amid continued fallout from the row between footballers Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra.

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