Jim Murphy has challenged the government to "come clean" about how much its aircraft carrier u-turn has cost the taxpayer - which he'd heard could be as much as £250m. "This is an embarrassing shambl

It was a short Queen¿s Speech, and for some not a very sweet one - with the government taking a beating for making no mention of some key policies. Is it the Lib Dems' fault as Mr Cameron claims? Fact

couple of days after the budget, with rows raging about the "granny tax" and George Osborne's decision to help the super-rich by cutting the 50p rate, the PM had what seemed like a smart idea. Number

Playing down the meltdown at Heathrow's border control earlier this week, Damian Green told MPs: "I stress to the House that our information shows that queuing times bore no resemblance to some of the

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Follow David Cameron's statement to the House of Commons on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's handling of the failed BSkyB bid with Channel 4 News's live blog. You can watch the Prime Minister's stateme

Is UKIP's Nigel Farage right about immigrants snapping up all the social housing? "All you have to do now if you come from Eastern Europe, all you have to do is to get a national insurance number - wh

On his second day of giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdoch will face questions over the allegations of phone hacking and bribery at the heart of the scandal that led to the closure of

Rupert Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry, following his son James' appearance yesterday which unearthed evidence that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt 'secretly supported' News Corp's bid for BS

James Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry today, ahead of his father Rupert who will give evidence for two days on Wednesday and Thursday. Murdoch Jnr is due up before the Inquiry between 10am