Politicians in the UK have been accused of sparking an “open season on ethnic minorities” after the Government issued new guidelines to tackle illegal Traveller sites.

The British Government should take steps to claw back some of the pay-off given to a former council chief executive who presided over a sickening grooming scandal, an MP has said.

Big supermarkets and other major retailers have been in talks with the Government about relaxing Sunday trading laws after longer opening hours were allowed during the Olympics.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was today facing a fight for his political life after James Purnell dramatically quit the cabinet and urged him to stand down for the good of the Labour Party.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown was last night facing calls to spare Chancellor Alistair Darling as he prepared to reshuffle the cabinet to shore up his tottering premiership.

British Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is to resign from the UK government Cabinet, she announced in a statement today on the eve of crunch European and local elections.

PORN MOVIES. Horse manure. A chocolate Santa Claus. Expense claims by British lawmakers to pay for an array of items were exposed yesterday, stoking public anger over lawmaker excess amid the global recession.

Using the internet to promote acts of terrorism will become a criminal offence under plans to be unveiled by the European Commission today.