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MPs warned David Cameron on Monday that the government's new university access tsar will lead admissions in the "wrong direction" and be "harmful" to higher education. The Fair Access to University Group (FAUG) of Tory MPs published a report suggesting...
The Prime Minister and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will chair the talks with healthcare professionals at Downing Street. However, groups such as the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal College of Nursing say they have been excluded from...
Conservative peers are threatening to sabotage the Government’s entire legislative agenda if David Cameron and Nick Clegg try to establish an elected House of Lords. A group of about 20 Tories has said that it is ready to go on strike, refusing to...
DAVID Cameron has played into Alex Salmond’s hands by promising more Holyrood powers if Scotland votes against independence in the forthcoming referendum, former Conservative Scottish secretary Lord Forsyth has warned. In a strongly worded attack on...
MacKay was the first to use the phrase, which was soon parroted by generals and defence analysts. Politicians in other nations also started using the term. Norway and Denmark punched above their weight in the war, U.S. officials said. British Prime...
Opponents of the bill including the British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing complain they have been excluded from the event. Labour accused David Cameron of closing the door of No 10 to its critics. The government said Monday's event...
The experts pointed to measures taken in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s, which they said saw alcohol consumption fall by a third in two years with a resulting 12 per cent drop in the rate of alcohol-related deaths. The warning comes after British...
Two top London police officers and several senior Murdoch executives have resigned in the scandal, which also prompted Andy Coulson -a former News of The World editor - to quit as Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director. Cameron ordered...
"In fact, the Bill will help address the very concerns about fragmentation that the experts raise." Labour leader Ed Miliband pushed the issue on a trip to visit nurses in Bolton. Prime Minister David Cameron has breached "solemn" promises on ensuring...
Conservative peers are threatening to sabotage the Government’s entire legislative agenda if David Cameron and Nick Clegg try to establish an elected House of Lords. A group of about 20 Tories has said that it is ready to go on strike, refusing to...
Conservative peers are threatening to sabotage the Government’s entire legislative agenda if David Cameron and Nick Clegg try to establish an elected House of Lords. A group of about 20 Tories has said that it is ready to go on strike, refusing to...
Cameron is to attempt to shore up support for the Government's controversial NHS reforms with a Downing Street summit on moves to give GPs more power over local health services. The Prime Minister and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will hold a...
Wales if current trends continue. A third of these could be the result of liver disease and the rest from accidents, violence and chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, breast cancer and cancer of the gastrointestinal tract.
They are putting pressure on the government ahead of its "alcohol strategy" for both countries, expected in the coming months. Writing in The Lancet , doctors said the UK was at a "potential tipping point". Prime Minister David Cameron has already...
Conservative peers are threatening to sabotage the Government’s entire legislative agenda if David Cameron and Nick Clegg try to establish an elected House of Lords. A group of about 20 Tories has said that it is ready to go on strike, refusing to...
Conservative peers are threatening to sabotage the Government’s entire legislative agenda if David Cameron and Nick Clegg try to establish an elected House of Lords. A group of about 20 Tories has said that it is ready to go on strike, refusing to...
Two top London police officers and several senior Murdoch executives have resigned in the scandal, which also prompted Andy Coulson — a former News of The World editor — to quit as Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director. Cameron ordered...
“No” in that year’s referendum, a Conservative government could bring forward something better than what Labour was offering, many people thought it an honourable offer – but nothing ever materialised from the Thatcher or Major governments and Home’s...
Cameron will today signal his determination to press ahead with health reforms as he stages a Downing Street summit from which critics of the plans have been excluded. The Prime Minister, who has taken personal charge of implementing the overhaul, will...
In an article for the Daily Mail, Lord Carey says the proposal to change the status of marriage ‘constitutes one of the greatest political power grabs in history’. He is backing a new grassroots organisation, the Coalition For Marriage (C4M), which...
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. Full Article
PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 17: France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron give a press conference during a Franco-British summit, at the Elysee Palace on February 17, 2012 in Paris, France. Cameron and Sarkozy are due to sign a landmark agreement to...
View Photo »France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron give a press conference at the Elysee Palace as part of a franco-british summit on February 17, 2012 in Paris. Britain and France were to strike a deal on civil nuclear energy and discuss closer defence ties...
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron's car is seen at the Elysee Palace prior to a franco-british summit on February 17, 2012 in Paris.
View Photo »France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) poses with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the Elysee Palace prior to a franco-british summit on February 17, 2012 in Paris. Britain and France were to strike a deal on civil nuclear energy and discuss closer defence ties at a summit.
View Photo »PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 17: France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes British Prime Minister David Cameron for a Franco-British summit, at the Elysee Palace on February on February 17, 2012 in Paris, France. The ongoing situation in Syria will be discussed by the two leaders, as...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Protestors are kettled by police outside St Andrews house where Prime Minister David Cameron was meeting Alex Salmond on February 16, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Cameron said he will do everything he can to stop Scottish independence; however...
View Photo »Britain's Prime minister David Cameron David Cameron delivers a speech at the Apex Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland February 16, 2012. Cameron delivered an impassioned plea to the Scots on Thursday in defence of the United Kingdom, enticing Scotland to reject independence with an offer to...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 16: A man is arrested outside the Apex Hotel where Prime Minister David Cameron giving a speech on February 16, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Cameron said he will do everything he can to stop Scottish independence; however he would consider devolving...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 16: Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond meets British Prime Minister David Cameron during talks on the Scottish Independence referendum in St Andrews House on February 16, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Cameron said he would consider devolving...
View Photo »Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond (L) speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) during a meeting in St Andrews House in Edinburgh on February 16, 2012. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed in a speech in the Scottish capital on February 16 to fight to keep the United Kingdom...
View Photo »Protesters hold Coalition of Resistance placards against government spending cuts surrounded by police outside St Andrew's House in Edinburgh where British Prime Minister David Cameron was to meet Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on February 16, 2012. Cameron headed to Scotland...
View Photo »Protesters sit on the steps surrounded by police outside the front entrance of St Andrew's House in Edinburgh where British Prime Minister David Cameron was to meet Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on February 16, 2012. Cameron headed to Scotland for talks with Salmond on a...
View Photo »A cleaner prepares the entrance before the arrival of British Prime Minister David Cameron for a meeting with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond at St Andrew's House in Edinburgh on February 16, 2012. Cameron headed to Scotland for talks with Salmond on a referendum on Scottish...
View Photo »Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond speaks to members of the waiting media before his meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron outside St Andrew's House in Edinburgh on February 16, 2012. Cameron headed to Scotland for talks with Salmond on a referendum on Scottish...
View Photo »Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond waves as he waits before his meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron outside St Andrew's House in Edinburgh on February 16, 2012. Cameron headed to Scotland for talks with Salmond on a referendum on Scottish independence, vowing to 'fight...
View Photo »Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) stands with Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson at South Queensferry, in Scotland February 16, 2012. Cameron made a passionate case for Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom on Thursday as he prepared to meet Scottish...
View Photo »Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron looks out towards the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, in Scotland February 16, 2012. Cameron made a passionate case for Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom on Thursday as he prepared to meet Scottish leader Alex Salmond for talks on a...
View Photo »Steve Hilton, director of strategy for British Prime Minister David Cameron, cycles into Downing Street in London, on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) talks as matron Angela McNab (R), paramedic Paul Fell (2L) and police officer Jahangiri (L) during his visit to the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Newcastle on February 15, 2012.
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View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) helps former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, as they enter 10 Downing Street ahead of their meeting, in central London on 8 June 2010.
View Photo »Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher waves to photographers as she stands with British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street, ahead of their meeting, in central London on 8 June 2010.
View Photo »WATFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Prime Minister David Cameron laughs as he visits the Netmums' offices, at CP House February 14, 2012 in Watford, England. Cameron spoke of funding for the Croxley Rail Link and Health Campus aswell as the general cost of living.
View Photo »WATFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Prime Minister David Cameron uses a computer as he sits beside Sally Russell, co-founder of Mumsnet, as he visits the parenting website's offices, at CP House February 14, 2012 in Watford, England. Cameron spoke of funding for the Croxley Rail Link and...
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) speaks with Netmums co-founder Sally Russell (R) during a visit to their offices in Watford, north London, on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 17: France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron give a press conference during a Franco-British summit, at the Elysee Palace on February 17, 2012 in Paris, France. Cameron and Sarkozy are due to sign a landmark agreement to...
View Photo »Our role, and that of the British Film Institute (BFI), should be to support the sector in becoming even more dynamic and entrepreneurial, helping UK producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and impact of the best international productions.
before the election, David Cameron promised no return to the 11-plus and no return to a grammar school system. But in Government, the Tories have given powers to grammar schools to expand, and parents are now powerless to stop this
running out for the two-state solution unless we can push forward now
David Cameron has dipped his toe into perilous political waters after it emerged that he has given his backing to what he describes as a 'a truly inspirational initiative' to build a new royal yacht to mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee.
This is not some small bureaucratic change. It marks a massive shift in attitude. I don't want the word 'satisfactory' to exist in our education system. 'Just good enough' is frankly not good enough.
David Cameron today announced that Scotland is to be released from Britain on the grounds of ill-health. Legal advisers for the country, which was sentenced to be part of Great Britain in 1707, had been seeking a parole hearing in 2014, but a decision has now been made to release it with immediate effec...
Everyone has a voice ... and it's important that they know they will be listened to.
In seeking to re-define marriage David Cameron may have kept the coalition happy, but may also have signalled the end of conservatism. If you can't conserve the institution of marriage, what can you conserve?
Football has this incredible power for good and we need to do everything we can to harness that
Ed Miliband has led calls for a more responsible capitalism and, despite having first scorned Labour's initiative, David Cameron now claims he has become a convert to the cause
We think that time, in some ways, is running out for the two state solution unless we can push forward now, because otherwise the facts on the ground will make it more and more difficult, which is why the settlement issue remains so important
There is an important lesson there - it's best that the campaign is run from Scotland and the Scottish politicians in Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament take the lead role in the campaign. People like David Cameron, and indeed Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, becoming too central in the campaign will just...
Clearly there is a difficult economic situation, there are scarce resources, and therefore we don't think it would be an appropriate use of public money at the present time
If one of the big battlegrounds of British politics is going to be who is really going to take action on executive pay, I say 'bring it on'. Does anyone really believe that David Cameron came into politics to create a more responsible capitalism? The public are not going to buy it.
We will do everything we can to help promote these discussions
The negotiating position that David Cameron took on Thursday night and Friday morning was agreed in advance with the Lib Dems in the coalition
The EU treaty is the treaty of those outside the euro as much those inside the euro. Creating a new Eurozone treaty within the existing treaty without proper safeguards would have changed the EU for us too.
I think David Cameron as our Prime Minister has defended Britain's national interest. It was a tough decision but it was the right one
I do still think it is possible but obviously we have got to go on making the progress that we are making.
These are very serious allegations involving a former member of the Conservative front bench as well as some of David Cameron's closest confidants inside Downing Street and his cheerleaders in the media
This is great news and a tremendous boost to the workforce, the car industry and UK manufacturing.
The UPC wants to categorically state that it was ridiculous of British Prime Minister David Cameron to demand that African countries that are not yielding to the rights of homosexuals and gays will miss the country's aid
Our membership of the EU is vital to our national interests ... We are a trading nation and we need the single market for trade, investment and jobs.
The leaders of the attacking countries, including United States President Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper should be declared war criminals under International Law
The choice was a treaty without proper safeguards or no treaty and the right answer was no treaty ... It was not an easy thing to do but it was the right thing to do.
