Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.
They were so shocked by the ...Read More
It came as a new poll showed that Labour had cut the lead over the Conservatives to just six points, raising the prospect of no party being able to secure a majority at next year’s general election.
Mr Cameron publicly disowned ...Read More
Hopes were fading last night of finding a 21-year-old woman swept away in a swollen river in Powys, while police confirmed that a canoeist had died after being pulled from the water in Devon.
An urgent safety review was being carried ...Read More
Yesterday it was reported that officials acting on behalf of the Very Rev Dr John Hall, the Dean of Westminster Abbey, had complained to Brown that he turned the occasion into little more than a picture opportunity. The PM had ...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition leader David Cameron said on Sunday his Conservative Party needs a clear majority in the next general election to push through painful measures to get the recession-hit economy back on track.
Cameron was speaking after the latest ...Read More
Jack Straw's announcement at the weekend that he was committed to reforming libel law is a significant step forward in the campaign to tackle our infamous laws. Does it mark a sea change? The justice minister's evidence to the culture, ...Read More
The Government is preparing proposals for reforming the UK's "unbalanced" libel laws, Jack Straw has confirmed. The Justice Secretary said the current system was attracting "libel tourists" and restricting "fair comment". His comments came amid growing concern that the rise of "no ...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's forces were sent to war in Iraq poorly prepared and ill-equipped by a government that was also "hopelessly optimistic" about post-war reconstruction, the Sunday Telegraph quotes leaked documents as saying.
The documents, published two days before the ...Read More
Two men in a car containing the device drove through a barrier at Clarendon Dock, near the offices, at about 7pm on Saturday. The car then appeared to catch fire and the two men ran off.
The attack was blamed on ...Read More
Gordon Brown was boosted today by a poll suggesting the Tories' lead has been slashed.
An Ipsos Mori survey has put David Cameron's party on 37 per cent - just six points ahead of Labour.
The gap is the narrowest between the ...Read More
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