Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond will make an explosive appearance before MPs today after dragging senior Bank of England and UK government figures into the rate-rigging scandal.

NICK CLEGG yesterday offered sweeping voting reforms but Britain’s deputy prime minister admitted they may never come to fruition because of differences with his coalition partners.

A 31-HOUR battle over controversial British anti-terror powers ended in the Lords last night when opposition parties accepted a government compromise.

Britian's Home Office minister Beverley Hughes has resigned in the wake of the row about her handling of immigration issues.

Furious Tories called for a police inquiry today into the leaking of the Hutton report into the death of British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair chaired the “decisive” meeting which led to the naming of British government scientist David Kelly, the Ministry of Defence’s most senior official said today.