2 November 2011 Last updated at 13:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Danny Alexander said he hoped the offer would lead to ”agreement” and not to ”damaging” strike action The government is urging unions to accept revised proposals it has made for public sector pensions, which it says are...
14 October 2011 Last updated at 15:47 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Key moments over the last seven days that proved fatal to Liam Fox’s career in front line politics Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after a week of pressure over his working relationship with friend and self-styled...
12 October 2011 Last updated at 16:06 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: Liam Fox is doing “an excellent job” as defence secretary A wealthy backer of Liam Fox has told the BBC he and several others raised funds to pay for Adam Werritty to act as the...
3 October 2011 Last updated at 09:33 ET By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News, in Manchester Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chancellor George Osborne’s full speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Chancellor George Osborne has said taxes will only be cut when the government can afford to...
27 September 2011 Last updated at 12:05 ET By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News, in Liverpool Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ed Miliband’s conference speech in full David Cameron represents the “last gasp” of an old system that does not work anymore, Ed Miliband has told the Labour Party...
17 September 2011 Last updated at 15:28 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Nick Clegg: “Three-quarters of our manifesto is being delivered…more than the Conservatives” Nick Clegg has said the Lib Dems are “punching above our weight” and delivering “real change” in government, as he seeks to rally Lib Dem...
16 August 2011 Last updated at 15:40 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Theresa May: “Too often in the past, police have been damned if they do and damned if they don’t” Ministers are considering introducing new area-wide curfew powers, in the wake of last week’s riots in England. Theresa...
15 August 2011 Last updated at 13:50 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Cameron: “Social problems that have been festering for decades have exploded in our face” David Cameron has said tackling the “broken society” is back at the top of his agenda following last week’s riots. He said he...
