Poole and Bournemouth Guide

BBC News - Politics

The latest stories from the Politics section of the BBC News web site.

• Grand finale

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:54)

  Lord Prescott brings curtain down on Iraq hearings in style

• Benefits face 'radical' shake-up

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:17)

  Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

• MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal'

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 12:41)

  The MoD is facing further pressure on its budget after the chancellor says it will have to pay for new nuclear submarines, and not the Treasury as before.

• Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:27)

  The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.

• Chilcot inquiry to travel to Iraq

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:05)

  The committee conducting the official Iraq war inquiry says it intends to visit the country later this year.

• Swinney slams UK 'mismanagement'

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:36)

  The Scottish finance secretary blames the "mismanagement" of Westminster for the "acute financial challenge" facing Scotland.

• Fears for future of autism unit

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:32)

  Parents say they are concerned for the future of a children's autism unit as officials say it generates "little demand".

• Expenses four in appeals defeat

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:12)

  Three ex-Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations.

• Coalition deal 'untruths' claim

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 09:42)

  Labour's Ed Miliband claims the coalition government was "built on a series of untruths" after revelations in a BBC documentary.

• Public to veto council tax rises

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 09:37)

  The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

• Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK'

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 08:40)

  Chair of a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, Senator Robert Menendez, has said he may send investigators to Britain.

• Ken Clarke loses key to red box at the cricket

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 07:30)

  Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke says he mislaid his red box key on a day off watching Test cricket at Trent Bridge.

• Maze site set to be redeveloped

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 21:17)

  An agreement on the future of the Maze Prison site is reached by the NI first and deputy first ministers, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness.

• Cameron defends Pakistan comments

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:20)

  David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

• Cable TUC invitation 'withdrawn'

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:46)

  Business Secretary Vince Cable will not address the TUC's annual congress after his invitation to speak was withdrawn.

• Potential Labour leaders debate Iraq

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:45)

  The Labour Party leadership candidates discuss the Iraq war

• Big beast

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:00)

  EU's new creature lurks in the diplomatic jungle

• Review warns of 60,000 job cuts

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 12:49)

  Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

• UKIP wins £367,000 donation case

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:59)

  The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

• Labour contenders' secrets unveiled

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:45)

  The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons they went into politics and their secret vices.

• Cameron reveals leadership doubts

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:12)

  David Cameron has confessed that on the day before entering Downing Street he told his wife Samantha he was sure he would not become prime minister.

• Fixed retirement age to be axed

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:59)

  People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

• Pakistanis 'very hurt' by PM's comments

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:39)

  Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, says that remarks made by David Cameron have still caused "a lot of hurt" to Pakistan

• Diamond wanted by India 'staying put' says Cameron

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:39)

  David Cameron rejects calls for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the Crown Jewels for 150 years, to be returned to India.

• New voters rate government

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 09:03)

  As it's the end of term our panel of first time voters decided to give David Cameron an end of term report.

• PM reveals coalition uncertainty

     (Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:07)

  David Cameron reveals he told the Queen he was not "totally sure" what sort of government he was going to form as he became prime minister.

• British Army had 'no desire' for Iraq war

     (Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:08)

  General Sir Richard Dannatt has said the UK's Army had "no desire" to go to war in Iraq in 2003.

• New plan to tackle binge drinking

     (Wednesday, 28 July 2010 10:24)

  The benefits of 24-hour drinking have failed to materialise and there needs to be tougher action to tackle alcohol-related problems, the Home Office says.

• Guide to N.Ireland Assembly

     (Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:10)

  A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.

• Blogs from around the regions

     (Monday, 12 July 2010 16:17)

  Politics blogs: English regions