Nick Clegg said he was confident of remaining an MP despite a poll putting Labour ahead by two points in his constituency.

Nigel Farage has received a boost on the eve of Ukip’s pre-election conference with a poll suggesting he is on track to become an MP in England.

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."

GORDON Brown is a deeply flawed figure lost in a Shakespearean tragedy of his own making.

ALISTAIR DARLING turned the screw on the better off yesterday as the battle lines were drawn for the general election.

Alistair Darling drew up the battlelines for the UK general election today with a highly political Budget that squeezed the better off while offering help to new homebuyers, the elderly and the young unemployed.

The chairman and board of directors of Watford have all resigned at the club’s parent company’s AGM tonight, according to reports.