He is in charge of the UK at one of the toughest times in recent history, yet he likes to wind down whenever he can. Is David Cameron's tendency to "chillax" good for him - and the country?

Scottish drinkers are set to have to pay more for alcohol than their counterparts in England and Wales after the Holyrood government set a target minimum price of 50p per unit.

Ex-Daily Mirror political editor and spin doctor Alastair Campbell returns to the Leveson inquiry to discuss politicians and their relationship with the "putrid" media he now distances himself from.

As Ken Livingstone concedes defeat to Boris Johnson in the election for London's mayor, his biographer tells Channel 4 News the Labour politician is "finished politically".

Voters across England, from Manchester to Newcastle, reject David Cameron's dream of an elected mayor in the major cities.

The Labour Party secures 38 per cent of the national vote and gains more than 800 council seats in UK local elections, as the public turns on the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition.

As wet weather is blamed for the lowest national turnout for a decade, Channel 4 News takes a look at the changing political forecast after local elections and mayoral contests.

Until the Leveson inquiry into media tactics hears from the UK Culture Secretary on the BSkyB bid there's no point in Conservatives running a parallel investigation, the Deputy Chair tells Channel 4.