Royal Mail to be floated or sold
The government is to press ahead with privatising or selling Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.
Full Article

Minister defends using detectives
A justice minister says he paid private detectives to investigate his colleagues because he was upset about "malicious" newspaper stories.
Full Article

Osborne welfare plans under fire
Labour attack government plans to cut the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, one MP saying the move is "scapegoating" the poor.
Full Article

Boris Johnson to seek re-election
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will stand for re-election in 2012.
Full Article

Plaid leader's 'ambition' message
Spending cuts and financial "austerity" cannot be allowed to detract from Plaid Cymru's ambition to change Wales, leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will tell his party's conference.
Full Article

Lucas to suggest job sharing MPs
Pairs of parliamentary candidates should be allowed to stand in general elections and share the job if elected, the Green party leader Caroline Lucas is set to say.
Full Article

Investors bet on prisoner rehab
A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops.
Full Article

NI cards to be axed to save money
National Insurance cards are to be phased out as the government tries to cut the deficit, the BBC learns.
Full Article

Welfare bill faces extra £4bn cut
The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC.
Full Article

Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety
Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately.
Full Article

MPs back new phone hacking probe
MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into phone hacking claims after criticism of News of the World journalists.
Full Article

At-a-glance: The candidates
A rundown of the five candidates in the race to be the next Labour leader.
Full Article

Leader hopefuls: Policy-by-policy
What do the five candidates stand for?
Full Article

James Landale: State of the race
The personalities and policies behind the Labour contest
Full Article

Newsnight's candidate hustings
All the action and expert analysis as the Labour leadership hopefuls went head-to-head on BBC's Newsnight.
Full Article

Labour leadership rules
What are the rules for electing a new Labour Party leader?
Full Article

The rise and fall of New Labour
New Labour was the dominant political force in the UK for more than a decade, but even its biggest devotees proclaim it over.
Full Article

Committee to examine MP phone-hacking claims
MPs have decided to hold a new inquiry into allegations that some of their phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World.
Full Article

Adams backs McGuinness on Claudy
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams defends Martin McGuinness over his recollections of a meeting with a priest suspected of involvement in the Claudy bombings.
Full Article

Guide to N.Ireland Assembly
A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.
Full Article

Salmond urges unity on carriers
First Minister Alex Salmond writes to the leaders of Scotland's political parties urging a "united front" over the UK's strategic defence review.
Full Article

Guide to the Scottish Parliament
BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament.
Full Article

S4C given month to plan finances
S4C is told by the UK government it has one month to prepare its financial plan for the future, the station says.
Full Article

Guide to the Welsh Assembly
A guide to the National Assembly for Wales.
Full Article

Blogs from around the regions
Politics blogs: English regions
Full Article

UK political websites
UK political websites
Full Article

Clegg house sale could net £70K
Nick Clegg's house in Sheffield is put on the market, and could sell for £70,000 more than he paid for it.
Full Article

First spending cut areas revealed
The government has revealed the first spending cuts suggested by the public that will actually become policy.
Full Article

Osborne on 'crowdsourcing' cuts
Chancellor George Osborne talks to Ben Wright about the impact of the Treasury's internet initiative, which asked members of the public for suggestions on how to make efficiency savings in public spending.
Full Article

Lucas to suggest 'MP job share'
At the Green Party conference Caroline Lucas will suggest pairs of candidates should be able to stand in General Elections and then share the job of representing a constituency.
Full Article

Reporter: Coulson 'restrained' staff
Paul McMullan, who is a former deputy features editor at the News of the World, has said that then Editor Andy Coulson "restrained staff" in their investigations.
Full Article

MPs on the UK in Afghanistan
MPs give their view on British troops in Afghanistan ahead of the first substantial House of Commons vote on the conflict.
Full Article

Media barons "have no predators"
The Labour MP for West Bromwich, Tom Watson, used the Commons debate on phone hacking to accuse fellow members of cowardice in the face of Britain's tabloid newspapers.
Full Article

Osborne targets benefits lifestyle
Chancellor George Osborne signalled a renewed crackdown on the welfare budget announcing further cuts would be made in the spending review this autumn.
Full Article

Plaid Cymru leader's speech
Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones addresses his party's annual conference.
Full Article

Vulnerable to public sector cuts?
Find out how resilient areas of England might be
Full Article

Boris v the Tories
Will London's mayor have to take on his own side to win again?
Full Article

Clueless?
Why people who say 'I don't know' are smarter than we think
Full Article

Spending review
What it is, how it works, the key arguments
Full Article

Red queen
How Barbara Castle triumphed in a male dominated political world
Full Article

	Web www.PDAportal.com