Monday 10th September
Topic: Ed Balls - Labour - Nick Clegg - Vince Cable
Headline "Labour would govern with the Lib Dems "today" if they dumped Nick Clegg for Vince Cable, Ed Balls has declared."
Source: The Sun
Extract: In a mischievous move, the shadow Chancellor heaped praise on the left-leaning Business Secretary to split the struggling Libs Dems.
He said Dr Cable "put his country firs...
Monday 3rd September
Topic: Shooting - Crime - Justice
Headline "Real victim is the man who shot at burglars: MP says farmhouse couple should not be charged"
Source: The Mirror
Extract: The businessman arrested for allegedly shooting suspected burglars at his farmhouse is the real victim of the crime, his MP said yesterday.
Alan Duncan believes Andy Ferrie, 35, and wife Tracey, 43 - who is...
Monday 27th August
Topic: Nepotism - Bonuses - Civil-servants
Headline "100+ senior civil servants got five-figure bonuses last year."
Source: Daily Star
Extract: The number of public sector fat cats grabbing more than £10,000 on top of their salaries has doubled since 2011.
One defence official scooped a £100,000 boost to his £160,000 wage - prompting the Government yesterday to defend Wh...
Investigative reporter Bartholomew Utterswaithe, reports on the situation regarding the anonymous threats received at the Nottingham Conservative supporters headquarters last week.
Party chairperson Hortensia Araminta Ponsomby-Smyth explained to U...
Monday 20th August
Topic: Ian Duncan Smith - Unemployment - BBC
Headline "BBC has 'Peed all over us' says Ian Duncan Smith"
Source: The Sun
Extract: The Work and Pensions Secretary said economics editor Stephanie Flanders had "peed all over" the figures to paint the Government in a bad light.
Statistics last week showed that despite the recession June unemployment was 2.56 million - the low...
Monday 13th Aug
Topic: Politics - Holidays
Headline "Cameron, Clegg and Miliband head off on post-Olympics holidays"
Source: BBC News
Extract: David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are heading off on holiday, in a post-Olympics political exodus.
Both Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg are reportedly travelling to Spain for their break - where the Lib Dem leader will be visiting his wife's family.
Well, America in it's bid for better politics has spoken. The #1 internet search over the weekend was for Congressman Paul Ryan pictures shirtless.
Paul Ryan became a national obsession when Mitt Romney announced he'd be his running mate for the V...
Monday 6th Aug
Topic:
Headline "29 councils axe pest control"
Source: The Sun
Extract: Twenty-nine pest control departments across the UK have closed in two years.
And society's most vulnerable - families who cannot afford to pay private firms to control vermin - are most in danger.
The British Pest Control Association warned that illnesses such as Weil's Disease could increasingly be s...
Monday 30th July 2012
Topic: Benefits
Headline:
Source: The Sun
Extract: 900,000 Brits have been on the sick for more than ten years - with hundreds claiming cash for obesity, headaches and even ACNE.
And there are virtually no checks to see whether the 885,100 people who have received incapacity benefit for a decade still need it.
The figure includes 22,640 alcoholics and drug...
Monday 22nd July 2012
Topic:
"I'd form a new coalition with Ed Miliband: Nick Clegg says he's open to working with Labour"
Source: The People
Extract: Nick Clegg would form a coalition with Ed Miliband in the next government, he told The People.
The Lib Dem leader could even stay on as Deputy PM if a general election replaced one governing party with another.
His new boss would...
Monday 16th July 2012
Topic: Tony Blair - Politics
"Tony Blair announces that he would be returning to British politics"
Source: Express
Extract: Blair announced that he would be returning to British politics last night to contribute to Labour policy as an adviser.
The former Prime Minister, who was attending an event alongside Labour leader Ed Miliband announced that he would contribute to a...
Monday 9th July 2012
Topic: Traffic chaos, Wardens reinstated
"Parking wardens' comeback in Aberystwyth"
Source: The Sun
Extract: The free-for-all in Aberystwyth, Wales, has caused chaos and forced council bosses to do a U-turn.
A seven-strong team will now start ticketing again on bank holiday Monday.
The change of heart came after the town laid off its last traffic warden in Ju...
Sunday 1st July 2012
Topic: Deterrent to thieves revealed
"Scrapyards banned from cash payments to deter metal thieves"
Source: The People
Extract: Scrapyards are to face tough new rules to deter metal thieves.
Tory MP Richard Ottaway is to introduce a new licensing system to ensure scrap dealers can no longer buy metal for cash.
They will be forced to record every transaction or...
Sunday 24th June 2012
Topic: Postcode lottery - Benefit cuts
"Benefits could be cut outside of South East"
Source: The Mirror
Extract: Jobless people in the poorest parts of Britain could have their benefits cut in a huge shake-up of the welfare system.
The Tories are considering a postcode system with lower payments for people in areas outside the South East where it is cheaper to...
Monday 7th May 2012
Topic: London Olympics - Terrorism
"Worker smuggles fake bomb past TWO checkpoints into the Olympic Park... just hours before stadium officially opens!"
Source: Mail Online
Extract: A site worker took the dummy device into the Stratford stadium after he noticed security flaws.
The fake Semtex device got through two checkpoints and was in full view of guards.
It was wired...
Sunday 22nd April 2012
Topic: George Osborne
"George Osborne is to spend 12 months talking to charities about the impact of his tax on donations!"
Source: The People
Extract It is the first sign the Chancellor is prepared to back down over the controversial move to cap tax relief on giving.
"I want to sit down with the charities, get it right, and make sure they are protected," he said whil...
Monday 16th April 2012
Topic:
"Respect's George Galloway has taken his seat in the House of Commons as the new MP for Bradford West."
Source: BBC News
Extract: He has vowed to speak out about Bradford's economic problems as well as his opposition to the Afghanistan war.
After reading the traditional oath of allegiance to The Queen, Mr Galloway was offered his congratulations by MPs - includi...
This Weeks Selected Political News
Monday 19th March 2012:
Topic: Immigration - Benefits
"Foreign-born jobless and sick can claim benefits in 165 languages."
Source: The Sun
They include Nigerian Pidgin, a variant of English used by just two per cent of Nigeria's population.
The array of lingos emerged as benefits bosses were last night blasted for spending millions hirin...