
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will Wednesday give an update on the country’s financial health in a key budget announcement ahead of next year’s general election. With Britons heading for the polls in May 2015, the coalition is likely
by Breitbart News3 Dec 2014, 4:03 AM PST0

As British families prepare for another Christmas with concerns about the cost of living never far from their minds, Euro MPs are set to enjoy the festive season with a luxury subsidised meal. The Jan Restaurant is offering MEPs a
by A.B. Sanderson3 Dec 2014, 3:58 AM PST0

Iran has informally joined the international air force targeting the Islamic State, as it launches multiple air strikes in eastern Iraq against ISIS forces on the ground. The Pentagon confirmed yesterday what had earlier been reported by al-Jazeera, that Iranian
by Oliver Lane3 Dec 2014, 3:08 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will pay off all of its debt used to fund World War One next March, when it redeems a government bond first issued more than 80 years ago to help pay for the conflict. The finance
by Breitbart News3 Dec 2014, 3:00 AM PST0

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday Britain has had no moral responsibility for what happens in Hong Kong since its return to China, as the two countries argue about Beijing’s ban on a group of British members of parliament
by Breitbart News3 Dec 2014, 2:55 AM PST0

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria. Kerry, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and foreign ministers from
by Breitbart News3 Dec 2014, 2:51 AM PST0

The blitz on UKIP has redoubled in frenzy over the past few days. Accusations of the leadership “rigging” candidate selection, another contrived MSM row over policy “confusion” on sex education for primary schoolchildren, bogus Twitter accounts impersonating UKIP branches with
by Gerald Warner3 Dec 2014, 1:05 AM PST0

The number of Eastern Europeans now living in the UK is twice the size of the population of Leeds. 1.27 million foreign nationals migrated to Britain following the enlargement of the EU in 2004 which gave them free movement across
by A.B. Sanderson2 Dec 2014, 9:12 AM PST0

UKIP’s South London office became the target for a dirty attack yesterday after Nigel Farage’s comments on limiting immigration for foreigners with expensive terminal diseases, as HIV campaigners dumped “half a ton” of manure on the doorstep. The group became
by Oliver Lane2 Dec 2014, 8:57 AM PST0

The Liberal Democrats are at risk of becoming the UK’s sixth political party as the Greens release new figures showing their membership has doubled in one year. Nick Clegg’s party has already been overtaken by the Scottish National Party, and
by Andre Walker2 Dec 2014, 8:48 AM PST0

At least 91 BBC executives earn more than the Prime Minister, raking in close to £90 million a year between themselves. The salaries are on top of the pay-packets handed out to 250+ of the Corporation’s top stars who each
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Dec 2014, 8:18 AM PST0

French lawmakers voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state Tuesday, following similar moves in Britain and Spain that reflect growing European frustration with the stalled Middle East peace process. The highly symbolic vote in the lower house National
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 8:09 AM PST0

BBC Radio 4’s spoof game show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is, by some margin, the funniest thing on the radio – as it has been, reliably, since it was first broadcast in 1972. The start date may offer
by James Delingpole2 Dec 2014, 7:56 AM PST0

The rise in the number of kidnappings poses a greater threat to Baghdad’s security than the Islamic State group, the Iraqi capital’s top security official said on Tuesday. Dozens of kidnappings are believed to take place every week in Baghdad,
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 7:33 AM PST0

Nigel Farage will answer questions posed by the public from 5:30pm tonight. The UKIP leader is expected to focus on his plans for next year’s general election, as well as reflecting on the impact the two recent by-election wins have
by Breitbart London2 Dec 2014, 7:13 AM PST0

One fifth of all students at new higher education colleges aren’t even registered to sit exams, as thousands use bogus educations and student loans as a source of free money, with some of the proceeds from this fraud likely being
by Oliver Lane2 Dec 2014, 7:00 AM PST0

Canon Andrew White, the Vicar of Baghdad, has told of how Christian children in Iraq were beheaded by ISIS forces for refusing to convert to Islam. Around 250,000 Christians have fled northern Iraq in the face of ISIS. They were
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Dec 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities detained a wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State group several days ago, and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday. A military official said the woman and
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 6:21 AM PST0

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president announced a security shakeup Tuesday, firing his Interior Minister and accepting the resignation of the national police chief, in the wake of a series of deadly attacks by Islamic extremists from neighboring Somalia. President
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 6:20 AM PST0

My former Kernel colleague James Cook, Business Insider‘s intrepid European tech reporter, published a list of the “coolest” women in the UK technology industry this week. But I think he’s missed a trick. I mean, “cool” is such a subjective, nebulous thing,
by Jeremy Wilson2 Dec 2014, 6:15 AM PST0

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government on Tuesday reached a deal with the Kurdish local authorities in the country’s north to exchange oil from the autonomous region for a nearly 20 percent share of the national budget, officials said. The
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 6:05 AM PST0

Syria’s civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group told AFP on Tuesday, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 6:03 AM PST0

Japan has spent about $1 billion of funding earmarked to tackle global warming on three new coal plants in Indonesia. The projects are entirely legal as there are no guidelines or rules on what constitutes climate finance. Japan has argued
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Dec 2014, 5:55 AM PST0

A former double-agent who spent decades feeding information on Islamic extremists to Western intelligence agencies has blasted those same organisations for ignoring his warnings about Jihadis coming to the streets of Europe until it was too late. Reda Hassaine, who
by Oliver Lane2 Dec 2014, 5:43 AM PST0

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government has for the first time acknowledged that the country will fall into recession next year, battered by the combination of Western sanctions and a plunge in the price of its oil exports. The economic
by Breitbart News2 Dec 2014, 5:18 AM PST0