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Remarks said to have been made by one of David Cameron's closest allies, at a private dinner, find their way on to the front page of several papers.

I am not quite sure I understand why Nigel Farage opted to launch UKIP's Aberdeen by-election campaign in Edinburgh.

John Ashton said the UK could not move out of recession without looking to green industries.

This week we've seen growing numbers of politicians past and present suggest that they'd be prepared to vote for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum.

MP STEVE Barclay aligned himself to the group of Tory MPs wanting a referendum on this country's members of the European Union.

Coker on Somerset Last Council Election : Con 28, Lib Dem 18, Lab 3, UKIP 3, Ind 2 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,454 Con 1,365 Green 249 Ind 131 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,687 Con 1,559 Green 271 Ind 151 Somerset has always been a Conservative / Liberal Democrat battleground going back as far as 1989.

The Economist On May 8th a descendant of German immigrants sat in Parliament and announced a series of measures intended to make life harder for future arrivals on Britain 's shores.

Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said the Conservatives "don't need to panic about UKIP" and should try to avoid "internal strife" on Europe.

David Cameron needs to work out what exactly it is that he wants from negotiations with EU leaders.

UKIP surprised many people in Lincolnshire by taking 16 seats off the Conservatives at the local elections.

Parliament is to get the chance to debate legislation paving the way for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, after a Conservative MP announced he would table a Private Member's Bill.

Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable will blast advocates of EU withdrawal as "self-indulgent and reckless" a day after more than 100 Conservatives rocked the coalition by voting in support of a referendum.

Sceptical: Douglas Carswell MP wants Tories to unite behind a private members' bill to achieve a plebiscite on EU membership.

The Tory leadership will attempt to push forward plans paving the way for a future in/out EU poll by piggy-backing on backbench legislation.

The alleged price rigging has been going on since 2002, during which time petrol prices have risen by an astonishing 80% The bosses of oil giants engulfed in a price fixing scandal could be jailed if they are found guilty, David Cameron warned today.

Mrs Makhzoumi's husband, Fouad, was involved in the scandal which brought down the disgraced Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken.

Following Isabel's revelation that the newly-reinstated Nadine Dorries will be pursuing an electoral pact with Ukip, Nigel Farage reveals he is open not just to Dorries' advances but also those of other Conservative and Labour MPs.

The fact that most 18- to 34-year-olds are happy with the UK's relationship with Europe has been lost in the rhetoric Ukip's recent rise in popularity and the increased fervour behind talks of an EU referendum has placed the matter of the UK's future within Europe at the forefront of the mainstream agenda.

Norwegian company Statoil also confirmed its office in Stavanger was inspected by officials from the European Commission yesterday as motoring campaigners spoke of fears of consumers being conned.

We should seek neither to dismiss nor to deify the Victorians; rather we should try to understand them, and our view of them New research in the journal Intelligence suggests the Victorians were naturally cleverer than we are, and draws the startling conclusion that "the Victorian era was marked by an explosion of innovation and genius, per capita ... (more)