David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, as the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons.

David Cameron today pledged to “work really hard” to win back voters who abandoned the Conservatives for the Ukip as Nigel Farage’s party made a series of stunning gains in the council elections.

Ed Miliband today declared that Labour was “winning back people’s trust” after a night of big gains in mid-term local elections across Britain.

PRIME Minister David Cameron promised a law-and-order “fightback” and robust action to mend what he called Britain’s “broken society” after riots and looting last week shocked Britons and tarnished its reputation abroad.

A close friend of the British Prime Minister has been found dead in mysterious circumstances at Glastonbury Festival.

Software group Sage today said its sales revival continued as more of its small and medium-sized business customers showed signs of recovery.

David Cameron was today offered the keys to 10 Downing Street, after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said that the Conservatives had the “first right” to seek to form a government in Britain’s first hung Parliament since 1974.

Gordon Brown returned to 10 Downing Street today without any clear indication of whether he will be able to remain there as British Prime Minister.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was fighting to keep Labour in power today by tempting the Liberal Democrats into a coalition government as Britain seemed set for a hung parliament.

Tory leader David Cameron said today the Labour Government had lost its “mandate” to govern the country.

The three main party leaders in the UK faced grey and wet weather today as they cast votes in their own constituencies.

Voters started to go to the polls today in the most tightly-contested British General Election in a generation.