http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Politics section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sun, 27 May 2012 20:47:25 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 co-chair of the Conservative Party is involved in a dispute over whether she paid rent while staying at a house in London, for which she claimed expenses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18227036#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18227036 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:39:59 GMT Syrian officials say the UK government "has no right" to deny their athletes access to the London 2012 Olympic games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18230869#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18230869 Sun, 27 May 2012 21:00:21 GMT The drink-drive limit in Scotland will be lowered "as a priority", the Scottish government has said http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18226813#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18226813 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:41:20 GMT Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that he hopes that the protest outside his London home will not force his family to "retreat behind battlements". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225283#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225283 Sun, 27 May 2012 10:28:55 GMT Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna tells the BBC "you're not going to get Christine Lagarde... being unhelpful to George Osborne who sponsored her for this job". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226685#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226685 Sun, 27 May 2012 13:28:33 GMT Nick Clegg says Lib Dem MPs will back plans to legalise same-sex marriages - and rejects Conservative plans to allow MPs a free vote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225289#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225289 Sun, 27 May 2012 10:13:47 GMT Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says "breathless talk" of "hordes" of EU migrants heading to the UK if the euro collapses is "deeply unhelpful". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226678#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226678 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:30:02 GMT The UK should learn from Germany's successful economy, rather than lecturing the eurozone, Business Secretary Vince Cable says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18224641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18224641 Sun, 27 May 2012 04:03:32 GMT Hundreds of anti-GM protesters who had planned to "decontaminate" a field of modified wheat in Hertfordshire are stopped from entering by a police line. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18224637#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18224637 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:05:16 GMT Business tycoon Richard Branson urges the government to promote economic growth by supporting small firms in the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18225026#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18225026 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:47:03 GMT Twelve English High Streets - from Cornwall to Northumberland - will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18212669#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18212669 Sat, 26 May 2012 10:16:05 GMT A senior Protestant clergyman says talks with Sinn Fein about reconciliation have been "open and frank". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18218143#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18218143 Sat, 26 May 2012 10:55:34 GMT 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 The SDLP could withdraw its support for a controversial plan to redevelop a former army barracks in north Belfast, its deputy leader says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18226294#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18226294 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:55:44 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 SNP MEP Alyn Smith criticises Olympic bosses for banning the saltire from being flown at Hampden Park in Glasgow during the Games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18220070#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18220070 Sat, 26 May 2012 23:17:13 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/1/hi/uk_politics/8044401.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_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 The Deputy Prime Minister has said that those guilty of abusing human rights in Syria will be banned from entering the UK for the Olympics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225367#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225367 Sun, 27 May 2012 09:48:24 GMT UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall said his party wants to be friends with Europe but it wants to leave the EU saying it was a "bureaucratic mess and expensive" and Britain should look to the globe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226310#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226310 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:45:47 GMT The shadow business secretary said there ''has to be a proper independent investigation" into the expenses allegations made against Baroness Warsi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226562#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18226562 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:04:12 GMT There are signs the British people could get their first referendum on the UK's role in Europe for nearly 40 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225986#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18225986 Sun, 27 May 2012 10:21:11 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 Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet British troops stationed in Helmand province. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18220916#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18220916 Sat, 26 May 2012 17:19:23 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 Ben Wright joins the Labour leader on Afghan trip http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18220501#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18220501 Sat, 26 May 2012 19:21:58 GMT Can anti-monarchists make themselves heard in Jubilee year? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18161083#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18161083 Sun, 27 May 2012 05:24:49 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 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 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