Former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick, who recently apologised for repeating “inaccurate” information about the Hillsborough tragedy, dies aged 83.

Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has confirmed that he has formally resigned as the MP for Mid-Ulster.

In a leaked message, senior Lib Dems have been urged to criticise their Tory coalition partners as well as the […]

The government’s cuts programme could lead to “problems on our streets” and “the break-up of civil society”, three Labour council […]

Public confidence in the police has been hurt by a “dangerous cocktail” of controversies including the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” row […]

David Cameron uses his New Year’s message to say Britain is “heading in the right direction”.