United Kingdom

UK's Labour denies expenses 'omission' The government's plans are unrealistic, the opposition says Conservative leader David Cameron has accused the government of a "big omission" by not making any mention of MPs' expenses in the Queen's...

In this article: Labour, David Cameron, BBC Radio 4, Tories, Liberal Democrat, and Harriet Harman

...the poll, Mr Cameron said the Prime Minister should "just get on with it. " Conservative policies will help Britain while Labour's are damaging it, Mr Cameron said. "What you have got in Britain today is you have got an Opposition behaving...

In this article: David Cameron, Labour, Gordon Brown, Britain, and Lib Dem

...support for Afghan war London, Nov. 20 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown along and three of his cabinet colleagues has launched a campaign to gather Labour support for Britain's role in Afghanistan. In a joint e-mail to party's...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Labour, E mail, Britain, Democracy, Iraq War, Harry Cohen, Bob Ainsworth, and David Miliband

...in the coming years, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warning last week that to do otherwise would leave the UK facing a potential "debt spiral" as investors abandoned the UK. But although neither party has...

In this article: Gordon Brown, UK, Labour Party, Recession, Tax, Tories, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

...Disarmament. Now, she must lead Europe's efforts to contain Iran's nuclear program. A longtime member of Britain's governing Labour Party, she worked for several charities dealing with equality issues and for a local health authority in...

In this article: European Union, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Tony Blair, Europe, London, and Labour Party

But the candidacy soon ran into trouble. Backers had argued that Blair, who led Britain's Labour party from the wilderness to victory in 1997, would increase the E.U.'s clout on the world stage. But Blair was opposed by center-right...

In this article: European Union, Tony Blair, Catherine Ashton, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown, and Brussels

...could take on a key role in helping people to escape poverty. Mr Cameron argued that since 1997, Labour has run Britain's most centralising government since the Second World War. He claimed that, far from promoting "social solidarity," it had...

In this article: David Cameron, Big government, Labour, Tories, Jamie Oliver, Liberalism, Individualism, Child poverty, and Second World War

Britain's Labour government pushed for Blair but France and Germany scotched him and smaller EU nations loathed the idea largely because of his strong support for the Iraq war, a position that angered many Europeans The...

In this article: European Union, Catherine Ashton, Tony Blair, Europe, Gordon Brown, Climate change, Fredrik Reinfeldt, George W. Bush, and Brussels

...Scottish Parliament powers The UK government has announced a list of new powers it wants to transfer from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament, under its response to the Calman Commission review of devolution. Scottish Secretary Jim...

In this article: Tax, UK, Jim Murphy, Labour, Scotland, and Andrew Black