Parliamentary News Archive
Brown and Cameron step up pressure on Lib Dems
David Cameron has said the Conservatives need a "decisive" victory on May 6 in order to keep Labour out of power.
Sunday 18th April 2010
Top Ten: Celebrity endorsers
So far in the campaign David Cameron has been accompanied by Sir Michael Caine and Garry Barlow , the age of celebrity endorsement of the political parties remains very much with us.
Saturday 17th April 2010
Liberal Democrats capitalise on debate success
As party leaders hit the campaign trail this morning they were greeted with a poll showing the Liberal Democrats had jumped into second place behind the Conservatives.
Saturday 17th April 2010
Leaders clash in historic debate
Gordon Brown and David Cameron have clashed over spending cuts, tax and political reform in the first prime ministerial TV debate in the UK.
Friday 16th April 2010
Monster Raving Loony Party - the manifesto
One of Britain's best-loved political parties has made a series of eye-catching proposals in their manifesto.
Thursday 15th April 2010
Tories ahead in key marginal seats
The Conservatives appear to be on course to win the battle for marginal constituencies as a new poll revealed they were ahead in 100 key seats.
Thursday 15th April 2010
No cheering, no booing and please remember to shake hands
David Cameron has raised concerns that the strict rules that will govern tonight's leaders debate will render the event "slow and sluggish", so what are the rules?
Thursday 15th April 2010
Party leaders prepare for first election debate
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will take part in the first ever televised debate between party leaders in a UK general election tonight.
Thursday 15th April 2010
Top Ten: TV election gaffes
This evening Brown, Cameron and Clegg will take part in the first ever televised party leaders' debates in the UK.
Thursday 15th April 2010
Cameron backs Primark bikini withdrawal
David Cameron has said he is "delighted" that clothing chain Primark has withdrawn from sale a range of padded bikini tops for girls as young as seven.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Labour attacks Tories on gay rights
The foreign secretary has appeared with two former Conservative party members who claim to have left the party over its attitude to gay rights.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Hague rejects 'nation of Hyacinth Buckets'
The shadow foreign secretary has denied that Tory plans to allow people to set up their own schools would create 'a nation of Hyacinth Buckets'.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Cameron looking down 'his long toffee nose' at the regions
David Cameron is guilty of ignoring the needs of the country beyond the capital, according to Lord Mandelson.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Lib Dem team to unveil election manifesto
The Liberal Democrat leader and his deputy Vince Cable will launch their manifesto this morning.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Shadow ministers ask voters to join the government
Members of the Conservative party's shadow team have told voters "if we are elected on May 6, you will be in power on May 7".
Tuesday 13th April 2010
Tory manifesto 'style over substance'
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the Conservative manifesto had been launched in a power station that "no longer generates power. It's style over substance".
Tuesday 13th April 2010
Lib Dems plan 'equity economy'
The Liberal Democrats have launched a five-point plan to deal with the excesses of bankers bonuses.
Tuesday 13th April 2010
Expenses MPs will have to pay money back
The prime minister has said that the three former MPs claiming legal aid to fund court battles over expenses will have to pay the money back.
Tuesday 13th April 2010
Tories to unveil election pitch to voters
The Conservatives will launch their manifesto this morning, with David Cameron seeking to encourage the public to get more involved in running their country.
Tuesday 13th April 2010
Queen's Speech scheduled for May 25
Downing Street has confirmed the date of the State Opening and the Queen's speech, as Parliament was dissolved today ahead of the general election.
Monday 12th April 2010
Labour's election pitch 'lacks ambition'
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have both attacked the Labour manifesto.
Monday 12th April 2010
Health and police among key manifesto pledges
Today prime minister Gordon Brown unveiled the Labour party manifesto for the general election.
Monday 12th April 2010
Brown launches Labour manifesto
Gordon Brown today unveiled Labour's manifesto ahead of the May 6 general election, describing it as having the "great and common purpose of national renewal".
Monday 12th April 2010
Labour to set out its election pledges
The Labour party is set to release its general election manifesto later today.
Monday 12th April 2010
Royal proclamation ends the 'rotten Parliament'
The most discredited parliament of modern times will finally end today with dissolution.
Monday 12th April 2010
Salmond mourns Westminster's 'extraordinary decline'
A departing MP has said the House of Commons has declined "in an extraordinary fashion over the last two decades".
Sunday 11th April 2010
No new spending plans for Labour
Labour's election co-ordinator Ed Miliband has said that if re-elected they will not make any "big spending commitments".
Sunday 11th April 2010
'Heartbroken' McCartney will miss Commons friends
Former minister Ian McCartney reveals he was 'heartbroken' when he decided to retire as an MP.
Sunday 11th April 2010
Focus on reforming 'rotten Parliament'
The three main parties have used the first full day of campaigning to lay out plans for the reform of Parliament.
Wednesday 7th April 2010
Queen's Speech scheduled for May 26
The new Parliament elected on May 6 will meet for the first time on May 18, it has been confirmed.
Tuesday 6th April 2010
Cameron visits Leeds at start of campaign
The Conservative leader David Cameron will visit the Midlands and Yorkshire today at the start of the general election campaign.
Tuesday 6th April 2010
Brown calls May 6 election
Gordon Brown has ended months of speculation by confirming Britain's general election will be held on 6 May, and has said he would fight on the values instilled in him by his parents.
Tuesday 6th April 2010
'Wash-up' to rush through Bills
An emergency business motion is expected to be put to MPs today to rush through as many as eight Bills in two days before Parliament is dissolved.
Tuesday 6th April 2010
ePolitix.com and the general election
With the election underway, ePolitix.com's plans for the coming weeks are confirmed.
Thursday 1st April 2010
Peer told to apologise over expenses
A Labour peer has been ordered to apologise to the House of Lords for abusing his expenses claims.
Thursday 1st April 2010
Celtic 'alliance' targets hung Parliament
The nationalist parties joined forces this morning to demand a "fair funding deal" for Scotland and Wales.
Wednesday 31st March 2010
Parliament may not return for three weeks after election
Gordon Brown could stay on as prime minister after the election, even if Labour fails to secure most seats.
Wednesday 31st March 2010
Accused MPs to seek protection of parliamentary privilege
The three Labour MPs have said they should be dealt with by Parliament rather than the courts.
Tuesday 30th March 2010
Blair backs Brown in Labour rallying call
Tony Blair has hailed the leadership of Gordon Brown, praising him for his handling of the economic crisis and his "experience, judgement and boldness".
Tuesday 30th March 2010
MPs gather to remember Ashok Kumar
Mr Speaker hosted a very special event in his state rooms this afternoon – a celebration of the life of Ashok Kumar.
Monday 29th March 2010
Darling, Osborne and Cable take centre stage
George Osborne will today unveil plans to partially reverse Labour's planned increase in National Insurance, ahead of tonight's televised 'chancellors debate'.
Monday 29th March 2010
New expenses regime revealed
MPs will be banned from claiming expenses for second homes under plans unveiled today by Parliament's new standards watchdog.
Monday 29th March 2010
Journalists pen stiff tale of MPs' expenses
A high-flying female Labour cabinet minister comes to grief over her expenses, while Tory MPs find ever-more creative ways to fund their lavish lifestyles with taxpayer's money.
Friday 26th March 2010
Parliament to host first gay 'wedding'
Parliament will host its first ever civil partnership ceremony this weekend, when Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant and his partner Jared Cranney tie the knot.
Friday 26th March 2010
Mandelson 'blocks Lords reform'
Jack Straw's plans for a 300-strong wholly elected upper chamber to replace the House of Lords appear to have been blocked at the last minute due to a resistance in Cabinet.
Friday 26th March 2010
Speaker suggests changes to PMQs
The Speaker of the House of Commons has said the next parliament may want to consider making changes to prime minister's questions.
Thursday 25th March 2010
Hermon quits UUP to stand as independent
The Ulster Unionist Party's only MP has quit the party and announced she will stand as an independent at the general election.
Thursday 25th March 2010
Budget 2010: Highlights and reaction
We examine some key highlights from the Budget statement, including reaction from opposition parties and ePolitix.com stakeholders.
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Budget 2010: Securing the Recovery
Links to all the key Budget official documents.
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Darling: Labour will secure the recovery
Chancellor Alistair Darling has said Labour made the "right calls" during the financial crisis and will make the right choices again to secure economic recovery.
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Darling to deliver pre-election Budget
Alistair Darling is to deliver his third Budget to Parliament, the last before the general election.
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Election timetable
Our election timetable and calendar, based on the assumption that polling day will be May 6.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Labour MP Moffat's appeal fails
Labour's ruling body, the National Executive Committee, has backed the decision by the party in East Lothian to deselect Anne Moffat as a candidate for Parliament in the next election.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Normal hours 'would cut MP expenses'
MPs should work normal office hours and scrap late-night sittings to reduce many of their expenses, the head of the new Commons watchdog has said.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Drop Segway road ban, says Öpik
Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik led a convoy of Segways through Westminster from outside Parliament yesterday, as part of a campaign to lift rules banning the vehicles from the roads.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
MPs 'abused' foreign trip rules
Hundreds of breaches of parliamentary rules by MPs who accepted free overseas trips from foreign governments have been uncovered in an investigation.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Labour suspends cash-for-influence MPs
Three former cabinet ministers have been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party over claims they were prepared to influence policy for cash.
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Clegg urges cross-party body to tackle debt
The Liberal Democrats have called for a cross-party Council of Financial Stability to agree the timetable for reducing the record budget deficit.
Monday 22nd March 2010
Former lobby journalist chosen as Labour candidate
A former GMTV political editor has been chosen to run for parliament in the safe Labour seat being vacated by former defence secretary Geoff Hoon.
Monday 22nd March 2010
Byers to be investigated over lobbying claims
Stephen Byers has referred himself to the parliamentary sleaze watchdog after he was filmed claiming he could use his influence to lobby ministers in exchange for money.
Monday 22nd March 2010
'No room for error' on backbench committee
The shadow leader of the House has said that MPs have "just 15 or so days" to put in place new rules to create a backbench business committee.
Monday 22nd March 2010
Tories unveil plans for carbon levy
David Cameron has unveiled Conservative plans to impose a carbon tax on electricity generation, creating a clear incentive for long-tern investment in renewable energy.
Friday 19th March 2010
MPs rock band launch new charity album
MP4, the world's only parliamentary rock band, launched their new album Cross Party at a reception in the Speaker's state apartments this afternoon.
Thursday 18th March 2010
TB is not a disease of the past
RESULTS UK writes for ePolitix.com ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Wednesday 24th March.
Thursday 18th March 2010
A quarter of MPs wish they had never gone into politics
23 per cent of MPs would not go into politics if they had their time again, according to a poll conducted for the BBC.
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