http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the UK Politics section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 26 May 2012 03:24:12 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The "yes" campaign for independence wants one million Scots to sign a declaration of support by the time of the referendum in the autumn of 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18162832#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18162832 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:57:38 GMT Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as "daddy" and "mon ami" in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18215020#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18215020 Fri, 25 May 2012 20:12:46 GMT The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18216538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18216538 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:04:10 GMT Senior Chinese leader Wu Bangguo has cancelled a trip to the UK in protest at David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18208252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18208252 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:58:09 GMT Farm labourers could be at greater risk of exploitation under government plans to reduce regulation of gangmasters, unions warn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204566 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:18:54 GMT Iain Duncan Smith demands to see A4e legal advice given to Labour as Chris Grayling casts doubt on whistleblower's integrity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204561#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204561 Fri, 25 May 2012 19:38:24 GMT London mayor Boris Johnson names a senior BBC journalist as his new director of communications. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204462#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204462 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:01:31 GMT The chief executive of the Student Loans Company, who attracted controversy over his tax arrangements, is to stand down when his contract expires early next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18205678#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18205678 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:57 GMT A Labour MP says on Twitter an annoying rail passenger should be killed "before he could breed" - comments she later insists were "flippant". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18204464 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:39:02 GMT Fewer decisions about the care of children will be made on the advice of poorly qualified experts under new family court rules to be introduced this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18187706#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18187706 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:14:05 GMT The MoD has pressed ahead with cuts to military and civilian workforce without understanding what skills it will need in the future, MPs say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18199995#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18199995 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:13:15 GMT A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:04:42 GMT The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18187354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18187354 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:29:35 GMT Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18160832#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18160832 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:24:07 GMT Fewer than half of the schools in England which applied for money for rebuilding work have been successful. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18190016#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18190016 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:02:16 GMT Carina Trimingham, partner of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has lost her breach of privacy and harassment case against the Daily Mail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18189668#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18189668 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:34:26 GMT The Alliance Party pulls out of talks at Stormont aimed at promoting better community relations and greater integration in Northern Ireland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18186505#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18186505 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:31:06 GMT A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8107000/8107911.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8107000/8107911.stm Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:10:41 GMT A move to second the deputy chief constable of Dumfries and Galloway to a group examining police reforms comes in for criticism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-18173606#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-18173606 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:14:26 GMT BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8136000/8136663.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8136000/8136663.stm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:31 GMT The Welsh government looked for savings last year to stop local health boards going into the red, despite insisting they would not be bailed out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18210177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18210177 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:32:07 GMT A guide to the National Assembly for Wales. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8052000/8052008.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8052000/8052008.stm Tue, 31 May 2011 14:54:24 GMT A new nuclear age has moved closer with a boost to plans to build power stations, but why will consumers will have to foot the bill? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18208495#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18208495 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:34:24 GMT Kent County Council and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith join forces to tackle youth unemployment in the South East. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18167826#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18167826 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:21:58 GMT Political analysis from around England http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10605785#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10605785 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:15:17 GMT A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that UK businesses need better management rather than deregulation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9723000/9723171.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9723000/9723171.stm Thu, 24 May 2012 14:28:59 GMT UK political websites http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8044401.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8044401.stm Wed, 13 May 2009 16:40:50 GMT A guide to who's doing what in David Cameron's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15348166#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15348166 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:24 GMT The details of Labour leader Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet following the recent reshuffle. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11494915#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11494915 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:24:55 GMT Links to other Parliamentary broadcasters http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/bbc_parliament/newsid_8762000/8762150.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/bbc_parliament/newsid_8762000/8762150.stm Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:33:24 GMT Science minister David Willetts has denied that Conservative decision-making is being held back by their coalition partners. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205270#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205270 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:09:23 GMT The government could be set for a climbdown on plans for a "caravan tax" measure announced in George Osborne's Budget earlier this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18199201#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18199201 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:24:56 GMT Plan B talks to Evan Davis about class and social exclusion ahead of the release of his new film Ill Manners. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9723000/9723854.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9723000/9723854.stm Fri, 25 May 2012 09:20:45 GMT Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he had no ambition to be London mayor but added "don't rule anything out". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205382#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205382 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:56 GMT Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg reacts to news that the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18199492#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18199492 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:22:22 GMT Former pop star Kerry Katona claimed politicians do not want to deal with people with problems as she discussed her cocaine addiction. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205383#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205383 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:06:06 GMT The leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group ruled out a pact with UKIP over joint candidates, that the anti-EU party is reported to be offering. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18190677#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18190677 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:53:35 GMT David Cameron's swipe at the shadow chancellor - calling him a "muttering idiot" - was the latest in a series of sharp one-liners to MPs from both sides of the House of Commons. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18193045#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18193045 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:08 GMT Why the UK's contingency plan for a Greek euro exit is hush-hush http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18196642#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18196642 Fri, 25 May 2012 02:13:43 GMT The Guardian's Nick Watt shines Olympic flame on political week http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18205381 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:18:04 GMT Leaders delay decisions as Greek vote looms http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18187830#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18187830 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:27:47 GMT How Hunt avoided lengthy review of Murdoch’s Sky bid http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18204074#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18204074 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:17:01 GMT Attempts to control dangerous mutts, since Roman times http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18114406#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18114406 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:05:27 GMT Tracking the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems' fortunes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13248179#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13248179 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:39 GMT