Across the UK there was outrage today among benefit fans, when long-expected changes to the benefits system came into place.
"I'm outraged," said deceased political activist Spencer Perceval. "This has completely destroyed the benefits system as we know it. Don't they realise that by making small changes that I barely understand but completely disapprove of, the system will cease to exist at al...
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Holywood star, Michael Douglas, has become the surprise winner of the Eastleigh Byelection. Full name, Michael Douglas Thorton, is best known for...
Under new plans from The Department of Work and Pensions, part-time workers could receive monthly statements telling them how much better off they would be if they increased their hours.
They could also be sent texts telling them that working mor...
The 87-year-old former Conservative prime minister Lady Thatcher is in hospital after undergoing a minor operation and to the nation's consternation Baroness Thatcher's spokeswoman said she is doing "absolutely fine".
Many parliamentarians lined...
Voters were this afternoon defending the controversial decision to ignore elections for new Police and Crime Commissioners. With turnout at 18% and expected to be the lowest ever in a British election, voters were particularly critical of the lack o...
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May announced in the House of Commons today. Her decision was greeted by cat calls and expressions of disgust from the opposition benches.
Mr McKinnon...
Mildred Kundalinin Stainless, finally, and after many extradition applications confirmed her name, and place of residence in front of Bolton Crown Court today.
Mz Stainless was defiant in the face of the misconduct, embezzlement, and insurance...
David Cameron was lying low this morning after the mother of all cabinet shuffles saw him in more trouble than Kevin Peterson after all those disloyal tweets to the Saffers.
Cameron sacked Transport Secretary Justine Greening, and was mortified to...
Wikileaks boss and wannabe lothario, Julian Assange, is believed to be going stir crazy, as he has now been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for over two months.
Embassy sources claim Assange's mood has darkened further since he was granted asyl...
A leaked BBC management memo has revealed a host of changes to the corporations political line-up.
According to the memo, several of the BBC's political heavyweights are to be replaced in what many reckon is the biggest BBC shake up in years.
P...
Throughout the corridors of power it is well known that the Prime Minister idolises the Star Wars antagonist Lord Vader and for some time many backbenchers have feared this obsession would play out in party politics.
Fourteen months since getting...
The Church of England is undergoing a name change and will henceforth be known as Architectural Tours Ltd. The alteration is taking place to reflect the changing role of the Church in the life of the nation.
A spokesman from St Paul's Cathedral...
A leaked copy of George Osborne's draft Budget for next year has been found abandoned on a Virgin train travelling from his constituency in Manchester.
The draft budget has been graded by an as-yet-unnamed economics professor, notable by the heavy...
The British economy has had a turbulent 2011 and 2012 promises to be even more unsettled.
Predictions for 2012:
* The worst outlook for jobs in 22-years.
* Highest inflation rates for 24-years.
* Outlook for the UK economy is 'bleak'. The Euro-zone crisis is unresolved and country after country is being forced to adopt extreme austerity measures that will result in large falls in outpu...
A controversial new scheme announced by George Osborne today will give tax payers the opportunity to 'adopt' an unemployed person for as little as £5 a month.
The scheme will provide bi-monthly updates on how the jobless adoptee is progressing in...
In response to an e-petition calling for Career Advisers in Schools to be saved, the government has pledged £1.2 million to be invested over the next three years.
A confidential source close to the Prime Minister said: "The government relies on C...
William Hague addressed the commons yesterday in a bid to restore any semblance of his true character with the public. The Foreign Secretary was over-joyed that he could admit culpability for sanctioning the botched Special Forces mission in Libya.
Crimewatch UK Update
MOST WANTED:
Name: Cameron David William Donald. (Also known as Twinkle, Spoon-in-the-mouth, and The Poseur.
Offence/s:
Endangering the 61,113,205 population of the UK, by scrapping the Nimrod Surveillance Planes, thus leaving them open to terrorist attack by removing the tools to monitor known terrorists air-wave activity.
Threatening the 2.5m officially (4.1...