London: Prime Minister David Cameron defended his decision to break with European partners by vetoing a change to the EU treaty, insisting on Monday that remaining a member of the 27-nation bloc was in Britain's national interest. "Britain remains a full member of the EU and the events of the last week do nothing to change that. Our membership of the EU is vital to our national interest. We are...
12:27 AM, Dec 13, 2011
European leaders reached a new deal on Friday to try and resolve the Eurozone debt crisis without UK's approval. ...
08:57 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Brussels: Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent - hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos. Only one country said no - Britain. It will risk isolation while the rest of the continent plots its future. The coalition came together in a marathon...
07:52 AM, Dec 10, 2011
London: After the deed was done, some leaders didn't want to shake his hand. French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked right by him, as if he wasn't there. David Cameron, the British prime minister, had become Europe's outcast. His sin? Rejecting an invitation to join 26 European partners in a tighter financial alliance to save the euro, making Britain odd man out at a time of deep financial peril, and raising...
01:53 AM, Dec 10, 2011
The world's highest paid head of government is a woman. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will now get a salary higher than what US President Barack Obama and British premier David Cameron take home every year. ...
12:46 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get more salary than US President Barack Obama and the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, as the country's Remuneration Tribunal has decided in favour of increasing the wage of the MPs. The salary of Gillard is set to overshoot by $ 90,000 making her total wages exceed even US president Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron salaries, a media report said....
09:16 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Two million public sector workers staged a walked out and marched through central London to protest over proposed pension reforms. ...
07:44 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Birmingham: Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday to protest over pension reform, in a walkout billed by unions as the biggest in a generation but derided by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "damp squib". Unions and the government were each quick to claim victory, with labor leaders saying up to two million teachers, nurses, border guards and other workers took part....
07:39 AM, Dec 01, 2011
New York/ London: James Murdoch is about to face his day of reckoning. The News Corp deputy chief operating officer will appear before a special committee of Britain's parliament on Thursday for a second round of questioning about a phone-hacking scandal at his company's now-defunct News of the World tabloid. According to company insiders, Murdoch family confidantes, analysts and industry observers, the committee's success in pinning the widespread corruption that...
04:35 AM, Nov 10, 2011
London: Hacking of phones of individuals at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World was conducted on an "industrial scale", according to new revelations made on Tuesday, putting more pressure on his media empire in Britain and elsewhere. Covert surveillance was conducted not only of the murdered teenager Milly Dowler, but the targets included Prince William, Prince Harry s girlfriend Chelsy Davy, former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, and Harry Potter star...
02:18 AM, Nov 09, 2011
London: British police increased their estimate on Thursday of potential phone hacking victims of the News of the World tabloid to 5,795 people. The acknowledgment that hundreds of potential victims had been missed by police is a further embarrassment for London's police force, whose reputation has been tarnished by its failure to get to grips with the scandal. Two of the force's most senior officers have resigned amid criticism they...
03:33 AM, Nov 04, 2011
London: Britain rejected calls from China and Russia for greater Internet controls on Tuesday at the opening of a major cyberspace conference but was criticised for suggesting curbs on social media after recent riots. Ministers, tech executives and Internet activists are meeting over two days in London to discuss how to tackle security threats and crime on the Internet without stifling economic opportunities or freedom of speech. While Western states...
02:02 AM, Nov 02, 2011
The UK Prime Minister welcomed the news of Muammar Gaddafi's death and said people should remember his victims. ...
08:37 AM, Oct 21, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday outlined plans to tackle forced marriages in the UK, saying forcing someone into it could be made a criminal act under possible changes to the law. In his speech, the PM also said the government was to consult on making it a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to force a person to marry against their will. Earlier this year...
02:53 AM, Oct 11, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday revived the idea of immigrants from India and other non-EU countries furnishing financial bonds before being allowed to come to Britain, a move that has been promptly opposed. In a major speech setting out how his government intended to curb immigration, he said that officials had been asked to consider making financial bonds compulsory for British citizens seeking to bring spouses or...
09:19 PM, Oct 10, 2011
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the world has lost one of the most creative geniuses of our time. ...
08:53 PM, Oct 06, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday tried to enthuse the Conservative party and the people by insisting that things will soon improve economically and called for the same 'drive to succeed' that is seen in Delhi, Shanghai or Lagos. Faced with mounting criticism that his government s plan to cut deficit by carrying out deep funding cuts, among other measures, was not succeeding, Cameron urged the people to...
12:49 AM, Oct 06, 2011
Tripoli: Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron landed in Libya to a heroes' welcome on Wednesday, promising help for the new rulers that French and British air power helped to install and being told the favour may be repaid in business contracts. Just three weeks after rebels backed by NATO bombers overran the capital, French President Sarkozy and the British prime minister promised in Tripoli to help hunt down Muammar Gaddafi...
01:02 AM, Sep 16, 2011
London: Three-quarters of those arrested in Britain's riots last month had criminal records, London's mayor said on Tuesday, blaming the UK's criminal justice system for failing to turn offenders away from crime. "What was going to make you more likely to riot? It was previous contact with the police, and that's the problem that we need to tackle," Mayor Boris Johnson told the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. The...
02:41 AM, Sep 07, 2011
London: Over 1,500 people, a fifth of them youths, have appeared in court in connection with the riots in London and other English cities, according to latest official figures. Most of the accused who came before magistrates have been remanded in custody, the Ministry of Justice said. The majority of charges have been brought in London, with further cases in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Merseyside and Nottingham. During the...
08:33 PM, Sep 01, 2011
