http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Politics section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 19 May 2012 11:41:55 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/video_and_audio/politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna: "We need to see some grown-up statesmanship" to bring world leaders together to resolve the issues surrounding the European debt crisis. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9722000/9722173.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9722000/9722173.stm Sat, 19 May 2012 09:45:55 GMT Former Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has said there is too much spin in the Westminster bubble with journalists and politicians operating in their "close little world". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115216#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115216 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:53:29 GMT Voters in three Manchester constituencies will be asked if they want a referendum on UK membership of the European Union by the People's Pledge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119267 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:10:53 GMT MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119465#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119465 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:08:43 GMT Some smaller parties appear to be dominated by their leaders or key figures, with few people unable to name any other significant members. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119268#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119268 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:05:17 GMT Wine expert Jilly Goolden claimed there were some 'very drinkable' bottles of wine for less than £5 as she discussed plans by the Scottish government for minimum pricing for alcohol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115663#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115663 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:32:39 GMT The political week up to 18 May is reviewed in 60 seconds by Susana Mendonca, looking back over the headlines on the Daily Politics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119269#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18119269 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:04:26 GMT Free speech campaigners are calling on the government to change a law which bans "insulting words and behaviour" claiming the Public Order Act is over-used. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104246#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104246 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:09:38 GMT Some politicians do not hold back with the insults and are happy to dish out unparliamentary language, as this trip though the archive finds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18103678#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18103678 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:29:57 GMT The New Statesman's Mehdi Hasan flies through the Westminster political news of the week as he took a flight with This Week airways to catch up with politicians flying into their own storms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115665#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18115665 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:32:53 GMT The Daily Politics is helping to test the mood of the nation and working with a university to gauge how optimistic people are across the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18116166#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18116166 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:35:12 GMT Thousands of street parties will be held all over the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with millions expected to line the Mall in London and cheer Her Majesty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104252 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:12 GMT The chairman of the committee of backbench Conservative MPs said its election campaign this week was "too factional and occasionally bad tempered". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104871#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18104871 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:59:18 GMT The Labour leader Ed Miliband has joked in the Commons about the prime minister's text correspondence with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18088144#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18088144 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:07:28 GMT Home Secretary Theresa May has denied her relationship with the police is beyond repair after she was heckled at the Police Federation conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18095172#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18095172 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:37:20 GMT Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has told the Levseon Inquiry into media ethics about his commutes to London with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18089489#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18089489 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:15 GMT David Cameron said there was "no smoking gun" over the vetting of ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, when asked by Labour MP Meg Hillier during prime minister's questions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18091020#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18091020 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:15:11 GMT Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18087335#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18087335 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:58 GMT A campaign is being launched calling on the Home Secretary Theresa May to change the law criminalising "insulting behaviour". http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9721000/9721250.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9721000/9721250.stm Wed, 16 May 2012 07:37:15 GMT The government needs to "get a grip" on queues at Heathrow Airport, the chief executive of London First says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074381 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:20:59 GMT The prime minister called for a decision soon on the future of the eurozone, saying it was approaching time to "make-up or break-up". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18092268#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18092268 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:55:16 GMT Britain has been going through a "national pay cut" with most people not having a rise in two years, the City AM editor said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18088145#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18088145 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:26 GMT BBC Scotland's political correspondent Glenn Campbell visits Canada to assess the impact of a minimum price for alcohol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18071464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18071464 Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:27 GMT The latest intake of Conservative MPs have a "different outlook on life" and some feel the party's 1922 backbench committee has become "almost irrelevant to them", says Dr Dan Poulter of the new "301 Group". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074058#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074058 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:35 GMT The UK Chancellor says uncertainty about Greece and the euro is "undermining the entire European recovery". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18072547#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18072547 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:53:17 GMT Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown clashes with a party colleague during a debate on plans to reform the House of Lords. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18070194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18070194 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:04:03 GMT Free schools, an accelerated move to academies and a planned return to a more rigorous, traditional type of exam are part of government changes for the English education system. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18072538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18072538 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:26:37 GMT Damian Green said some queue levels at London's Heathrow and Stansted airports were "not acceptable" and more measures were still to be taken. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18076862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18076862 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:15:42 GMT Scouts have reintroduced the "bob-a-job" project nationally and some had the job of cleaning up around the Houses of Parliament. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18074057 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:22:42 GMT The Ministry of Defence has balanced its budget for the first time in a decade, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18063585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18063585 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:13:22 GMT Michael Howard revealed Rupert Murdoch told him just before the 2005 general election that: "My heart is with you, but I am afraid my head isn't." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18059725#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18059725 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:39:55 GMT An exhibition of James Gillray's classic cartoons is striking a chord with modern audiences with its parallels to today's political events. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18035874#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18035874 Sun, 13 May 2012 09:37:44 GMT The chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales said planned cuts and changes to the service left officers with "'real doubts in our minds that we are going to be able to keep the public safe". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18059726#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18059726 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:57:30 GMT David Cameron has faced calls from his backbenchers to move the party to the right since the Budget and local election results, and some fear he has given too much ground to their coaliton colleagues. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18058735#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18058735 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:29:33 GMT The UK is back in recession with many cuts yet to bite, and voters across Europe looking for alternatives to austerity as a way out of their economic problems. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18058736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18058736 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:03:29 GMT