Theresa May has said she will carry on providing "calm leadership" at the head of the British Government following the disclosure that some Tory MPs are urging her to stand down.

Theresa May's allies publicly rallied round their embattled leader as opponents plotted to force her out.

British politicians described chaotic scenes in Westminster after a security alert meant many had to be evacuated from the UK Parliament.

British prime minister David Cameron has pledged to double the number of homes built for first-time buyers by the end of the next parliamentary term in a bid to tackle Britain’s housing shortage.

The British graduate unmasked in reports as the Islamic State (IS) executioner known as Jihadi John was a model employee, “calm and decent” and “very good with people”, his former boss has said.

Boris Johnson has branded religious extremists lured by organisations such as Islamic State (IS) as “wankers” who are obsessed with pornography.

Furious British Tories have turned their fire on ex-MP Mark Reckless, with David Cameron branding his defection to Ukip "senseless and counter-productive" while party chairman Grant Shapps told activists: "He lied and lied and lied again."

A senior Conservative MEP has called for an electoral pact between his party and Ukip as the Eurosceptic insurgency looked set to top a national election for the first time.

Speculation is mounting that US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is set to make a hostile bid for AstraZeneca after its €76bn takeover offer was spurned.

A stronger “public interest test” should be introduced for takeovers of strategically important businesses, Ed Miliband said as he demanded a full assessment of whether Pfizer’s potential takeover of AstraZeneca would be good for Britain.

The confirmation that the Midlands wind farm project, involving anything up to 2,300 turbines, will not go ahead was inevitable once the British government lost faith in the capacity of wind to meet a significant proportion of Britain’s energy needs.

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The Liberal Democrats have held on to the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire.

Pressure on the BBC grew last night as Nick Clegg, the deputy British prime minister said people in the corporation, and maybe even the police, must have known that Jimmy Savile had been abusing young girls.

BBC director-general George Entwistle has asked a senior colleague to answer journalists’ questions on the dropping of a documentary about Jimmy Savile.

Squatters will face up to six months in prison and so-called squatters’ rights scrapped as it becomes a criminal offence in England and Wales tomorrow.

The childhood homes of former Beatles John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have become listed buildings, it was revealed today.

Homeless people can expect to die 30 years before the average person, research has found.

Supermarket giant Tesco announced today that it was dropping its bid to build one of the proposed eco-towns in the United Kingdom.

The Assets Recovery Agency in the North has defended itself amid criticism of the amount of money it costs the run the body.