Tag: David Cameron

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will introduce new laws to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) including making it compulsory for teachers and health workers to report cases, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. The government, hosting a one-day London summit

John Bercow has had a rather difficult year. Twelve months ago, the Speaker of the House of Commons suffered public humiliation at the hands of Conservative MPs, who passed to the press physical evidence of so-called “Bollocked By Bercow” badges

Former UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson – recently sacked in Prime Minister David Cameron’s reshuffle – said today that he received more death threats from green activists than ever he did from Republican and Loyalist terrorists during his stint as

Before he came to power David Cameron promised “a bonfire of the quangos” – all those useless government advisory bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the General Social Care Council and the Independent Commission for Aid Impact,

“We’ve got to get rid of all this green crap”, David Cameron is said to have told one of his senior ministers in November last year in a rare moment of vaguely conservative conviction. So why this week did he

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday called an emergency meeting following the crash of a Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people in rebel-held east Ukraine. Nine Britons were on the doomed jet, according to Malaysian Airlines.

A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a British holidaymaker on Christmas Eve and raping his Russian partner. The Colombo High Court said town council chief Sampath Vidanapathirana

Understandably, recent British headlines have been dominated by Prime Minister David Cameron’s sweeping and divisive reshuffle of his cabinet, just ten months away from a General Election that could turn into one of the bloodiest in history. Neither the traditional

David Cameron’s recent reshuffle was viewed as radical by some and controversial by others. Quite blatantly having one eye on the 2015 elections, the decisive hand of Election Director Lynton Crosby was thought to be crucial. One place where Crosby

Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, personally congratulated former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard when her Labor government introduced the carbon tax. In a move described by the Sydney Morning Herald as a “clear embarrassment” for then opposition leader Tony

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the European Parliament rowed back on Wednesday after saying the EU legislature might reject Britain’s nominee for the European Commission, Jonathan Hill, for “radically anti-European” views. Martin Schulz told a news conference he had

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s newly eurosceptic cabinet reflects the increasing prevalence of anti-EU feelings in the country, a newly promoted minister said Wednesday. Conservative Cameron has conducted a major shake-up of his ministers, notably replacing foreign secretary William Hague

Michael Gove’s colourful stint as Education Secretary is over. He has fallen foul of David Cameron’s cull of white middle-aged men, and has been moved onwards, but not necessarily upwards, to become Chief Whip. Cameron is hoping that voters will

David Cameron has pledged to look at ways to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in the light of the sacking of his most senior legal advisor, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Prime Minister is believed to

David Cameron’s former chief of staff has admitted that he voted UKIP in last month’s European Elections. Speaking at the Freedom Dinner, organised by pro-smoking group Forest, Alex Deane said that he voted UKIP at the European Elections as “any

Philip Hammond, named Britain’s new foreign secretary on Tuesday, is an arch-eurosceptic who wants to leave the European Union unless London retakes significant powers from Brussels. The former defence secretary, who replaces William Hague, is an unshowy performer dubbed the

Three women have been promoted to cabinet in David Cameron’s biggest reshuffle of his premiership. It followed a night of sackings nicknamed by Westminster insiders as the cull of the “pale, male and stale”.  The changes were seen as purely

LONDON (AP) — Defense Secretary Philip Hammond will become Britain’s new foreign secretary as Prime Minister David Cameron shakes up his Cabinet ahead of an election next year. Michael Fallon was named to the top defense post, moving up from

William Hague’s surprise resignation as foreign secretary is the latest twist in a political career that has seen soaring highs and deep lows. Now 53, Hague began as a prodigy who first caught public notice when he gave a rousing

Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will step down and make way for new blood in David Cameron’s last Cabinet reshuffle before the General Election next year. The reshuffle has already seen major figures axed, and Hague’s

British Prime Minister David Cameron has targeted opponents of his flagship ‘Same Sex Marriage’ legislation, as well as reducing the number of men in the British cabinet in tonight’s long-awaited UK Cabinet reshuffle. The move has seen older, middle class

Jean-Claude Juncker has demanded Britain send a woman to be our next European Commissioner, replacing Baroness (Cathy) Ashton, whose term has ended. The soon-to-be-installed President of the European Commission made the demand as he wants half of his cabinet to

David Cameron will today announce another £1.1bn in defence spending, just ten days after the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was launched at a cost of £6.2bn. The announcement will come at the Farnborough Air Show and includes “everything

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday he was “extremely concerned” about the loss of life in Gaza, where five days of Israeli air strikes have killed more than 120 Palestinians. “Extremely concerned about humanitarian situation and loss of