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David Cameron's attempts to buy the next election with millions of pounds from secretive wealthy backers are today exposed by the Mirror.

Jane Wardell LONDON - The Associated Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 6:53AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

Police in Britain are regularly arresting people just to get their DNA samples into the country's massive biometric database, says a new report from a British government watchdog.

An inquiry investigating Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 _ long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion.

Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister.

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials.Prosecutors said they had only just begun to examine the evidence against the unidentified lawmakers and would be making a ...

DAVID Cameron has revived SNP hopes of wielding more power at Westminster by admitting that a hung parliament would be better for the UK than another five years of a Labour government.

European Union leaders have agreed to appoint Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as EU president and Britain's Catherine Ashton as foreign affairs chief.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown will call for stronger commercial links with emerging economic giants China and India to help the nation emerge from a painful recession.

Britain's Labour Party has slashed the main opposition Conservative Party's opinion poll lead to six points, giving the government its best showing in almost a year as voter confidence in the economy recovers.

EU leaders have agreed to appoint Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as EU president and Britain's Catherine Ashton as its foreign affairs chief.

The journalist, Peter Oborne, could not believe his ears when, last summer, in the aftermath of Israel's bloody invasion of Gaza, the leader of the British Conservative Party, David Cameron, praised Israel for striving to 'protect innocent lives'. Cameron was addressing the annual dinner of Conservative Friends of Israel, the pro-Israel group in ...

Catherine Ashton is not a very recognizable face even at home in Britain and becomes the European Union's foreign policy chief with just a year in a big international job.

Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery. Ashton is Europe's new foreign policy chief, the international representative of half a billion people, with a euro7 billion budget and a salary of more than $300,000 a year - but in her homeland, it's hard to find many who have heard of her.

The British government on Thursday published proposals for tough new banking laws that would give the country's main financial watchdog the power to claw back bonuses that breach internationally agreed rules.

Recovery in developed economies will accelerate next year due to "substantial improvements" in financial markets and fast-growing Asian countries, but is likely to remain fragile, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said as it doubled its 2010 growth forecast.

The body of Rifleman Samuel Bassett is repatriated at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire on Monday.

A MAN who has been Belgian prime minister for less than a year and a British technocrat who has never held elected office were chosen by European Union leaders on Thursday November 19th to represent their 27 countries around the world, and lead their policy making at the highest level.

British banking executives warned today that excessive reform of the sector by governments and regulators -- including a crackdown on bankers' bonuses -- would be damaging to economic recovery.

With just months to go until Britain must hold a national election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is trying to woo voters with populist promises of new social programs and a clampdown on financial sector excess.