Parents who want to accompany their children to Christmas carol services and other festive activities are being officially vetted for criminal records in case they are paedophiles.

In the latest expansion of the government’s child protection agenda, parents are checked against a database… Read full post »

The UK Independence Party offered to disband if David Cameron agreed to hold a referendum on the ratified Lisbon treaty.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch, UKIP’s newly elected leader, says in an interview with The Times today that he proposed the deal after the party’s strong… Read full post »

The UK Independence Party offered to disband if David Cameron agreed to hold a referendum on the ratified Lisbon treaty.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch, UKIP’s newly elected leader, says in an interview with The Times today that he proposed the deal after the party’s strong… Read full post »

Shares in London tumbled as the market opened this morning, following steep losses in Asia, as investor panic over banks' exposure to Dubai's growing financial problems gathered pace.

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares fell by 83.46 points to 5,110.67 in early… Read full post »

David Cameron was forced onto the defensive today over his claim that two schools linked to a radical Islamic group had received cash from public funds designed to tackle extremism.

The Tory leader’s aides admitted that he had made mistakes in raising the issue of… Read full post »