Sacked British government adviser Professor David Nutt today vowed to tell “the truth about drugs” as he launched a breakaway body of “unfettered” scientific colleagues.

Former British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told TV viewers she had been “disgraced” by her expenses scandal and blamed her own “wrong” judgment.

FORMER British home secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday apologised for wrongly designating her family house as a second home for expenses purposes – a move that ended up costing her job.

Former British home secretary Jacqui Smith was ordered to apologise to the House of Commons today after a watchdog found that she had “clearly” breached rules on second home expenses.

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 today faced with the task of picking up the pieces of his shattered cabinet and fashioning a reshuffle which can restore his authority and preserve his premiership.

Gordon Brown faced a coup today as rebel Labour MPs plotted to oust him from Number 10.

A SECOND British cabinet minister has resigned, undermining Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s authority and his future as leader of the increasingly out-of-favour Labour Party.

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.

BRITISH chancellor Alastair Darling refused to speculate on either his or home secretary Jacqui Smith’s position yesterday, saying only there had been an “extremely long and useful” discussion in the government on electoralreform.

BRITISH home secretary Jacqui Smith became the first cabinet casualty of the MPs’ expenses scandal, after it was revealed she told Prime Minister Gordon Brown within days of revelations about her finances that she wanted to quit the Government in a reshuffle.

OUTSTANDING food and drink bills hardly represent a threat to this democracy even if they are held in the Dáil restaurant.

British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to resign from the British Cabinet in a forthcoming reshuffle, a source close to Smith has said.

Thousands of retired Ghurkas today were granted permission to move to the UK after the British government relented on its policy of denying the Nepalese soldiers automatic settlement rights.

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.

A US radio shock jock barred from entering Britain said he will sue for defamation after his name appeared on the British Home Office’s list of 16 “least wanted”.

Hundreds of official documents about the Hillsborough Disaster are to be made public for the first time after a request from the home secretary, the British Home Office has confirmed.

Writer and director Armando Iannucci has today confirmed he is working on a new series of The Thick of It, saying the Twitter posts on the subject were written by him.

Two young boys who were seriously injured in a horrific attack will not be formally interviewed by detectives about their ordeal until they leave hospital, British police confirmed today.

Two brothers being questioned in connection with an attack on two young boys had recently been placed in foster care, a council confirmed today.

Police seized dozens of protesters in raids on two squats today as the hunt for violent G20 anarchists continued.

City of London workers waved £10 notes at G20 protesters today as thousands descended on London’s financial heartland.

British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was back at her desk today after the latest damaging disclosures about her parliamentary expenses.

Paul Stephenson said today he was “hugely proud” to be appointed the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

POLICE forces across Britain are to be equipped with Taser stun guns after a successful pilot scheme with the controversial high-voltage weapons, officials said yesterday.

CANNABIS use is less harmful than drinking or smoking cigarettes and should be legalised, according to a report released in Britain yesterday.

Ian Blair announced his resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner today, saying: "I am resigning in the best interests of the people of London and the Metropolitan Police Service."

The governor of the Bank of England held breakfast talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today as stock markets around the world plunged.

The British government was given fresh warning today it could yet face the threat of industrial action by police officers in the North over pay.

Parents in some areas of Britain will from today be able to ask police whether anyone with access to their child is a convicted paedophile.

Singer Gary Glitter has finally agreed today to leave Thailand and return to the UK, Thai police said.

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has returned to Thailand after being refused entry to Hong Kong, the British Foreign Office said today.

Paedophile rock star Gary Glitter was said to be in “a good mood” today as he laughed and chatted with immigration officials who are trying to persuade him on to a flight back to the UK.

Paedophile rock star Gary Glitter was in limbo today after he failed to board a second flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

Shamed rock star Gary Glitter was in limbo today after refusing to board a flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

BRITAIN’S youngest terrorist was facing jail last night after a guide to death and explosives were found at the schoolboy’s home.

Tottenham defender Jonathan Woodgate was the only absentee from training as Fabio Capello’s England were put through their paces ahead of Wednesday’s friendly with the Czech Republic.

Barely half of British voters believe a change of leadership or policy would improve prime minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party's chances of success in the next UK general election, according to a survey out today.

POLICE in Britain have arrested more than 500 suspects in a crackdown on human trafficking in the sex trade, the government said yesterday.

DESPERATE legal moves were taking place behind the scenes last night as British ministers worked to secure the use of anonymous witnesses.

A request to extradite four men accused of playing key roles in the Rwandan genocide has been upheld today.

The Chinese “thugs in blue” seen guarding the Olympic torch on its journey around the world will not be allowed to run alongside it in Australia.

A controversial ruling which dealt a major blow to the British government’s anti-terror policy was upheld by the Court of Appeal today.

Every business in the North which employs workers from outside Europe must get a licence as part of massive changes to the immigration system announced by the UK government today.