Tories back in lead with 34% versus 31% for Labour in Ashcroft poll
The latest Ashcroft National Poll puts the Tories back in the lead with 34%, three percentage points clear of Labour at 31%. UKIP are...
Eurostar suffers 17 cancellations after person is killed, hit by train on railway track
After a person was killed, hit by a train between Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International, on the English side of the London-Paris and London-Brussels...
Nigel Farage says he’d be no good as Prime Minister
Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, says he does not think he would be very good as Prime Minister, and also confessed...
British manufacturing growth will continue into 2015, says industry report
Manufacturers in the UK have had an upbeat start to 2015, according to a survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and law firm DLA...
Russia today is a threat, let’s not deceive ourselves, says ex-MI6 boss
Russia has become a “state-to-state threat” and is not on a path to democracy, we should not deceive ourselves, says former MI6 chief Sir...
Another Tory defection to UKIP possible, Farage hints
Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, says there is still a good chance another Conservative MP could defect to his anti-EU and anti-immigration party before...
East Coast rail is in private hands again
After being in the public sector for five years the East Coast rail route between London and Scotland is being privately run again.
Since November...
Russia’s not on path to democracy, let’s not kid ourselves, says ex-MI6 chief
Sir John Sawers, who recently retired as head of MI6, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, said we should not deceive ourselves that Russia is on...
UK sliding into “permanently divided nation” with too many social mobility cold spots
There are too many “social mobility cold spots” in the UK, neighbourhoods where young adults and children have little opportunity to climb the socioeconomic...
US stocks had best month in over three years
US markets fell on Friday after GDP was revised to an annualised 2.2% for the last three months of 2014. However, despite the drop on...