Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit has said there "may well" have been a political cover-up over child abuse taking place at Westminster in the 1980s.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today effectively opened the door of No 10 to David Cameron by saying the Conservative Party had the “first right” to attempt to form a government in the UK.

The Brighton bomber has visited the UK's House of Commons for the first time to speak about “reconciliation”.

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown joined stars including Bono and Stephen Fry yesterday for the funeral of writer, broadcaster and former Liberal MP Clement Freud.