Category: UK News

By Debdutta Bhattacharjee   Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain’s Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month’s parliamentary elections, has been a busy woman lately, attending one meeting after another and canvassing door-to-door, but never feels tired to underline her resolve to stand by the voters and prove they can change things. Gordon, an India-born woman…

Labour says it will guarantee that each of its policies will be fully funded and require no additional borrowing, as it launches its manifesto. Leader Ed Miliband will rule out a “shopping list of spending policies” and promise a Labour government would cut the deficit every year reports BBC. The Conservatives would go on a…

Labour has pledged  neighbourhood policing in every area – and protect the number of officers on the beat – if elected in May. It says saving £800m over three years, such as by axing elected police and crime commissioners, would allow forces to maintain front-line staff. Officer numbers in England and Wales fell by more…

Up to 15 million workers will be offered three days’ paid leave a year for volunteering under a Conservative government, David Cameron has said. The move, which will affect the public sector and large firms, comes alongside a Tory pledge to extend the real-terms freeze of some rail fares until 2020 reported BBC. Labour said…

More than one million people have gone online to register to vote in the space of just over three weeks, the Electoral Commission has said. Most of the applications were from young people, with peaks coinciding with the start of the campaign period and the televised leaders’ debate reports BBC. A further 100,000 applications have…

The Conservative manifesto gives  commitment to build four new nuclear missile-armed submarines, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said. He accused Labour of using the nuclear deterrent as a “bargaining chip” with the SNP, which would vote to scrap it reports BBC. But Labour’s Douglas Alexander said the claims were “embarrassing”. He told Radio 4’s Today…

Nicola Sturgeon has made it clear that she does not want David Cameron to be re-elected as prime minister, following allegations that she would rather the Conservative leader remain in power reports Huffington Post. An inquiry has been ordered into how a internal British government memo, which reported claims Sturgeon had expressed to the French ambassador…

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair slammed incumbent premier David Cameron’s policy on Europe, warning that a referendum on Britain’s European Union (EU) membership could lead to economic “chaos”. Cameron has pledged to hold an “in or out” referendum on whether Britain should withdraw from the EU by 2017 if his Conservative Party wins the…

A Labour government would abolish the non-domicile rule that allows some wealthy UK residents to limit the tax paid on earnings outside the country. Ed Miliband will say non-dom status is a symbol of tax avoidance and “makes Britain an offshore tax haven” reoprts BBC. Labour says it is “uncertain” how much money the move…

Tony Blair will enter the election campaign later with an attack on David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on Britain’s EU membership. The former PM will accuse Mr Cameron of trading national interest for political advantage under pressure from UKIP and anti-European Conservatives and media reports BBC. Mr Blair will say Labour’s Ed Miliband…

Figures suggest almost 600 fewer GP surgeries in England open at evenings and weekends than before 2010, Labour has claimed. Health spokesman Andy Burnham said the coalition had created queues outside practices and diverted people to A&E. Tory Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Labour’s numbers were wrong and that out-of-hours cover was being extended reports…

The fate of future Labour government is hinges on party’s performance in the North West which sends 75 MPs and Labour hold 47 of them, the Conservatives 22, and the Lib Dems 6. The region witnessed the biggest shock in the poll history when UKIP narrowly missed the Heywood and Middleton. The ethnic population in…

  The British family held in Turkey/Syria border is hailing from Rochdale, police said. The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47 and four children, aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale. They were stopped at the Turkey/Syria border and are expected to be…

By Zahra Qadir Young people are increasingly the main victims of the so-called Islamic State – whether being recruited to commit barbaric acts or executed by ISIS thugs for trivial reasons. Just recently, two separate incidents have evidenced this terrible trend. In a shocking video, a young boy from Kazakhstan was filmed shooting two captured…

The leaders of seven political parties are gearing up for a live, two-hour televised general election debate. The contest, announced after weeks of wrangling, will be the only time Conservative PM David Cameron and Labour’s Ed Miliband face one another in a debate before polling day reports BBC. The Lib Dems, SNP, UKIP, Plaid Cymru…

In a labour government,workers on zero-hours contracts will be able to demand a regular contract after 12 weeks under proposals set to be announced by Ed Miliband. The Labour leader will promise to outlaw “exploitative” zero-hours contracts in a commitment to be included in Labour’s election manifesto. The proposal strengthens Labour’s previous policy on the…

Nick Clegg has told his party to stop “bickering” over who will succeed him as leader and focus on the general election campaign. In recent weeks, the behind the scenes positioning to take over from the Lib Dem leader when he steps down has spilled out into the open. Tim Farron, the former party president who…

 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is facing the first ever strike threat by her staff when workers at Windsor Castle vote over “appalling” low pay and allowances. Castle staff start on as little as 14,400 pounds per year, meaning they earn less than the living wage, but are expected to carry out extra duties for no extra…

Labour has pledged to reverse the Government’s final cut in corporation tax to pay for a reduction in rates for small businesses. Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls will also promise smaller firms they will be the first to benefit from future tax cuts if Labour takes power in the General Election reported Sky News. Mr Balls is…

By Anasudhin Azeez   As the campaign to elect the next British Parliament began, surveys have predicted a hung House of Commons with minor parties like Scottish National Party (SNP) and UK Independent Party (UKIP) calling the shots. British Prime Minister David Cameron met Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace on Monday and requested her…

William Hague is standing down as an MP after an illustrious 25 year career in the House of Commons. Looking back on his time in politics, in an interview with the BBC’s Norman Smith, the former foreign secretary and Conservative Party leader said he had few regrets, other than losing the 2001 general election. “I’m…

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuck and Ramadan Foundation formally complained to the Greater Manchester Police over Sun columnist and celebrity Twitter Katie Hopkins. The reality TV star has been accused by the Labour MP of sending tweets suggesting Pakistani men in the Lancashire town were child abusers. In 2012, nine men from Rochdale who ran a child exploitation…

The father of a British man who was aboard the ill-fated Germanwings flight that crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, has urged the airlines to look after their pilots “properly”. Philip Bramley, whose son Paul, 28, was among 150 people killed when the Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the French Alps, said…

All hospitals in England would have consultants on duty seven days a week by 2020 under a future Conservative government, David Cameron is to pledge. Mr Cameron has begun speaking at the party’s spring forum, and is due to say more hospitals must provide top-level treatment at the weekend reports BBC. The move, aimed at…