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 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:11:01 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 Financial expert Martin Lewis said it was "time we had a little more fairness" from American firms such as Amazon, Starbucks and Google over their tax affairs in the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596912#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596912 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:56 GMT UKIP's City spokesman Steven Woolfe claimed the UK's benefits of being in the EU were "dwarfed" by costs of £130bn to £150bn each year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596911#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596911 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:05 GMT Energy customers can face choices including a "two-year capped price plan 2" or a "blue plus price promise February 2015" when choosing gas and electricity tariffs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596048#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596048 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:20 GMT UKIP has been making in-roads into Conservative votes, and some on both sides are talking of electoral pacts to stop the political left taking advantage of a split right-of-centre vote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596049#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596049 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:03:35 GMT Liberal Democrats have kept their pledge on an EU referendum and have "legislated for it", the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596047#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22596047 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:34:52 GMT John Redwood MP has called for a 'new relationship' with Europe. He told Jeremy Vine that the British people should be able to vote on this new relationship. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585916#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585916 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:55:58 GMT Governments have long used newspapers, posters and leaflets to try and influence what people think, but a new exhibition is showing that there could be much more to it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22585480#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22585480 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:28:25 GMT The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, said most Conservatives wanted a new relationship with Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585484#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585484 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:08 GMT Lord Mandelson has said an in-out referendum on Europe would be a lottery http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585919#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585919 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:14 GMT Grant Shapps has said the co-chariman of the Conservative Party, Andrew Feldman, did not makes the comments reported in several newspapers that described Tory activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22582630#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22582630 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04:08 GMT The health secretary has said that GPs should be responsible for ensuring that there is a good out of hours service for people on their lists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585917#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585917 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:33:23 GMT The man who organised the student protest against Nigel Farage during his visit to Edinburgh has defended the action as "constructive criticism". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22577918#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22577918 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:20 GMT England's first chief social worker for children has been speaking about her plans, ahead of taking up the post in September. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22577475#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22577475 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:47:44 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron is under fire from one his cabinet colleagues over his plans for same-sex marriage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22577471#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22577471 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:49 GMT The European Union is linked to Brussels and Strasbourg, but it is probably less known that its third base of power is in the small country of Luxembourg. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22561268#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22561268 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:32:43 GMT Europe's GDP shrank by 0.2% in the first three months of this year as politicians debate whether to carry on with austerity plans or to change course. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22570705#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22570705 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:53 GMT Conservatives sailed through choppy waters as the European issue raised its head again, but Toby Yong reckoned the "Cameron Battleship" was the best way forward to deal with a referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568376#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568376 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:53:35 GMT The political week in Europe is reviewed in 60 seconds by David Thompson who looks back over the headlines from London, Strasbourg and Brussels, including the EU budget, fishing numbers, alleged price fixing in the oil market, and European staff set to go on strike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22569607#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22569607 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:07 GMT Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer shows people should treat their body like a car needing an MOT and get regular checks, says Katie Price. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568374#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568374 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:03 GMT Plans backed by Education Secretary Michael Gove could see a free school set up on a Sussex playing field, but the bid has angered some residents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22570696#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22570696 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:39 GMT Male MPs show "every type of patriarchal behaviour" said the shadow public health minister as she spoke about her speech on men to the Demos think-tank. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22556628#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22556628 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:25:07 GMT Straight couples should be allowed to have a civil partnership, or it would lead to a "glaring inequality", said a former children's minister. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22569614#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22569614 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:55 GMT Sky News political editor Adam Boulton was helped by London Lions basketball team to learn the rules of US president's favourite game, as David Cameron visited Barack Obama in the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568375#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22568375 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:45 GMT The Conservative backbencher who topped a ballot for private member's bills will be given Parliamentary time to push for a referendum by 2017 deciding the UK's future in, or out, of the European Union. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554353#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554353 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:46 GMT A former chancellor said he hoped his newspaper article calling for Britain to leave the EU would "make an impact". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554362 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:40:41 GMT Labour critics claim all is not going well for the main opposition party, and Ed Miliband in particular does not yet seem to be chiming with the public. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22556533#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22556533 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:43:26 GMT Speaking to reporters at the UN the Prime Minister David Cameron said "It is a free vote and I am very relaxed about that. I don't think people can read anything really into the scale of that free vote" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22547770#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22547770 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:46:30 GMT The government has rejected a report by the National Audit Office which questions the benefits of the HS2 high-speed rail project. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22552686#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22552686 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:20:45 GMT David Cameron's absence at PMQs was questioned by Labour's deputy leader who asked why David Cameron had only answered questions once from MPs in the last eight weeks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541266#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541266 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:46:52 GMT Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman asked for "today's excuse" as Wednesday's unemployment figures showed more people were out of work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541267 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:51:46 GMT A Conservative backbencher who claimed MPs should be talking about issues that matter to voters ahead of the rebel EU amendment on Europe, is to introduce a bill paving the way for a referendum on the UK's EU membership. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22554354 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:34:01 GMT Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has suggested she might run as a joint Tory-UK Independence Party candidate at the next general election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22546228#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22546228 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:51:27 GMT Energy Secretary Ed Davey says the government is deeply concerned by claims of price fixing by major oil firms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22535763#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22535763 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:49:29 GMT A Conservative MP waved a Liberal Democrat leaflet featuring Nick Clegg saying it was time for a "real referendum on Europe" from around the time of the Lisbon Treaty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541265#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541265 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:42:13 GMT Conservative MPs should support David Cameron as the Tories were the only party to offer a referendum about Europe since 1975, Boris Johnson told the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541264#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541264 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:26 GMT Eurosceptic Tory MP James Wharton, will introduce a bill to parliament which regretted the absence of legislation for an EU referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22550305#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22550305 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:33:31 GMT The British people should take part in a referendum over plans for gay marriage, a Tory MP has claimed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22526936#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22526936 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:50:22 GMT David Cameron's first session as prime minister saw a rebellion in 44% of votes, the highest level for any post-war leader. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22526937#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22526937 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:19 GMT A pressing challenge facing society is how to care for an ageing population in austere times, but a television scientist offers his own cashless solution. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22524557#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22524557 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:05:16 GMT Home Secretary Theresa May has said 'life should mean life' for anyone convicted of killing a police officer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22538433#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22538433 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:13:16 GMT Lord Ahmed has denied accusations of anti-Semitism as he resigns from the Labour Party. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22531749#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22531749 Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:35 GMT Nick Clegg's performance at PMQs was reviewed by the Daily Politics panel including Lib Dem Norman Lamb and Labour's Emma Reynolds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22542108#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22542108 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:19:14 GMT A bid by London's City Hall and town halls for more power over the capital's finances would not raise any more money, and was not about "snatching lots of taxes from the Treasury" Boris Johnson has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541258#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22541258 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:23:35 GMT David Cameron has paid his respects to the victims of last month's marathon bombings, which killed three, and injured more than 260 people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22520887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22520887 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:11:02 GMT Prince Harry and David Cameron were presented with dolls of themselves at a British business launch in New York. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22535160#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22535160 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:19:09 GMT Retail guru Mary Portas's review into how to rejuvenate struggling town centres has had mixed reviews. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22525581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22525581 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:14:46 GMT Conservative MP Ken Clarke thinks his party should 'move on' as David Cameron prepares to publish a draft bill on an in-out referendum on the EU. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22530566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22530566 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:23 GMT Margaret Hodge MP, has warned of "a lot of risks" in the defence budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22523028#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22523028 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:33:08 GMT