Monday 6th February 2012 marks the 60th anniversary of The Queen's accession to the throne. As a constitutional monarch, The Queen does not 'rule' the country, but fulfils many important ceremonial and formal roles relating to the working of the UK...

Mark Francois of Sunways, Mirfield, pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property on March 11 2010. The court heard how the charge related to the possession of three high performance cars stolen from Huddersfield, Mansfield and Sheffield. He...

Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois hosted a visit of Mark Harper, the minister for constitutional reform, to the Constituency Women's Organisation annual lunch at Saxon Hall, in Aviation Way, Southend. The MP for Forest of Dean acted as the guest...

The Europe Minister, David Lidington, is also being viewed with suspicion. He was a special adviser to Douglas Hurd — a Europhile by the standards of today’s Tory party; and Clegg is understood to have rubber-stamped his appointment, having vetoed that...