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Cameron braced for new EU revolts
PM faces gruelling series of showdowns with Tory MPs over increases to EU budget and changes to Britain's extradition laws.
Council tax blow for second-home owners
Owners of second homes are to lose council tax discounts in a major shake-up to be announced by ministers.
POLITICS LATEST
A welcome move from Mr Pickles
Telegraph View: Eric Pickles proposed reform of council tax is timely.
30 Oct 2011
NHS fatcats paid off, then rehired
A series of NHS executives who quit their posts with lucrative payoffs have been re-employed on temporary contracts worth thousand of pounds a day.
29 Oct 2011
New law to put service families at top of housing queue
Councils could be forced by law to put military families at the top of the housing queue under new plans to be announced by ministers within weeks.
29 Oct 2011
This was the week that European democracy died
The plan to tackle the eurozone crisis will only render ordinary people more powerless, says Janet Daley.
29 Oct 2011
Whitehall steels itself to defy the EU
Work has already begun in Whitehall on moves to claw back powers from Brussels on employment and social policy.
29 Oct 2011
Commonwealth meeting in human rights row
The Commonwealth has been branded a "disgrace" for refusing to publish a critical human rights report.
29 Oct 2011
Burglars need to feel our fear
Ken Clarke's plans to give householders more leeway to confront intruders are welcome news, says Jenny McCartney.
29 Oct 2011
Sack Sir Humphrey for new deal on Europe
Douglas Carswell explains what his fellow backbenchers are looking for in their leader's negotiations with Brussels.
29 Oct 2011
Government credit card was cloned, claims Lord Prescott
Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has blamed a "cloned" government credit card for apparently excessive spending by his officials.
29 Oct 2011
Criminals face benefit cuts
Benefits claimants who commit crimes could be fined more than a third of their weekly welfare payments under tougher penalties set out today.
29 Oct 2011
MPs' five-star trip as guests of African despot
Conservative MPs enjoyed a five-star trip to Equatorial Guinea over the summer paid for by its dictatorial regime.
29 Oct 2011
British Empire Medal to be reintroduced after 20 years
The British Empire Medal will be reintroduced to recognise those who help build David Cameron’s Big Society.
29 Oct 2011
Parties 'should get £3 per vote from taxpayers'
Political parties should receive £3 state funding for every vote they receive, according to a government-commissioned inquiry.
29 Oct 2011
Criminals on benefits to face tougher fine payments
Benefit claimants who commit crimes could be fined more than a third of their weekly payments under tougher penalties set out today.
29 Oct 2011
EU fightback: Whitehall urgently reviews Britain's membership
Every aspect of Britain’s membership of the European Union to be reviewed to support David Cameron’s promises to bring back powers from Brussels.
28 Oct 2011
Police demand emails in Huhne speeding case
Police granted order to demand that the Sunday Times hands over emails sent from Mr Huhne’s estranged wife.
28 Oct 2011
We can love our neighbours without kowtowing
Equality and diversity laws have pushed us into submitting to an odd view of the world, says Graeme Archer.
28 Oct 2011
Can America survive without its backbone?
As the gaps within the classes widen, American society is starting to fracture, argues Anne Applebaum.
28 Oct 2011
Angela Merkel: Europe’s Iron Lady
She’s been ridiculed but Merkel’s quiet diplomacy has won the euro a reprieve.Daniel Johnson reports.
28 Oct 2011
Daylight Savings Bill: the argument against
As regular as clockwork, the Tories are saddling up their favourite hobby horse and plotting to change daylight savings time.
28 Oct 2011
Daylight Savings Bill: the argument for
If the Government could take one step which saves lives, boosts home tourism thereby creating jobs, cuts energy use and raises the spirits of the nation why wouldn't they do it?
28 Oct 2011
Clocks could go forward all year
Britain's clocks could move forward by an hour all year round - but only if Scotland consents to the switch, the Government announced on Friday.
28 Oct 2011
David Cameron on EU bailout: 'the bigger the bazooka, the better'
The Prime Minister has welcomed the size of the rescue package agreed by Eurozone leaders earlier this week.
28 Oct 2011
Clocks could go forward all year
Britain's clocks could move forward by an hour all year round as the Government considers backing plans for a controversial daylight saving bill.
28 Oct 2011
Female royals granted equality
Commonwealth votes unanimously in favour of scrapping 'outdated' laws.
28 Oct 2011
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