Changes to Irish tax rate will not be soughtCORPORATION TAX: THE BRITISH government is not seeking changes to Ireland’s low corporation tax rate as part of the price for…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Scottish executive to freeze public sector payTENS OF thousands of Scottish public sector workers earning more than £21,000 (€24,000) a year will have their pay frozen next…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Conservative and Labour MPs back British support for IrelandBRITAIN: CONSERVATIVE AND Labour MPs, who may end up having to defend a £7 billion loan to Ireland, have expressed a willingness…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Greater Manchester to lose 3,000 posts in police forceONE OF the United Kingdom’s largest police forces, Greater Manchester, is to cut nearly 3,000 front line and civilian posts – …Tue Nov 16 2010 - 00:00
Loss of RUC special branch leaves PSNI 'skills gap'THE POLICE Service of Northern Ireland and MI5 have struggled to cope with the challenge posed by dissident Republican groups…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
'British jobs for British workers' a surreptitious play on race cardLONDON LETER: The Labour Party uses code carefully in its attempt to get votes from whatever quarterThu Nov 11 2010 - 00:00
British student leaders decry violence at protestBRITISH STUDENT leaders have condemned several hundred protesters who tried to storm the Conservative Party’s London headquarters…Thu Nov 11 2010 - 00:00
Ireland and UK must escape prison of history, says princeIRELAND AND the United Kingdom must learn to become “subjects of our history, not its prisoners”, Prince Charles said last night…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
British tourists are offered better dealBRITISH TOURISTS have been promised better value for holidays in Ireland next year, including the lowest hotel prices in western…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
UK law to ban shop cigarette displays faces compromise due to illegal salesLEGISLATION TO block British shopkeepers from openly displaying cigarettes for sale, due to come into force early in the new …Mon Nov 08 2010 - 00:00
UK chancellor refuses to slow pace of cutbacksBRITISH CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer George Osborne has insisted he will not slow down the pace of spending cuts in the United…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Scottish council tenants lose right to buy their homeLOCAL AUTHORITY tenants in Scotland will no longer have the right to buy their home following the reversal by the Scottish parliament…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Unionists complain about focus on Bloody SundayTHE BRITISH government must hold an independent judicial inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, despite its…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Organised squatters inform others on gaining legal upper handLONDON LETTER: Coming home from holidays to find people have moved into your home without your knowledge is a reality for some…Thu Nov 04 2010 - 00:00
Irish firms make London investment pitchTWO DOZEN Irish software and life sciences companies pitched for international investment in London yesterday before nearly 100…Wed Nov 03 2010 - 00:00
UK killer tried to borrow shotgunTHE CUMBRIAN taxi-driver and mass-killer Derrick Bird, who fired 54 shots when he went on the rampage in June, killing a dozen…Wed Nov 03 2010 - 00:00
France and UK agree 50-year defence pactTHE UNITED Kingdom and France have signed a 50-year defence deal that will see the creation of a rapid reaction force, the joint…Wed Nov 03 2010 - 00:00
Militant republicans 'not yet satisfied' - generalMILITANT REPUBLICANISM has “not yet been satisfied” and poses a serious challenge to the Northern Ireland security forces, a …Wed Nov 03 2010 - 00:00
MI6 chief warns disclosures may hit intelligence sharingINFORMATION FROM foreign intelligence agencies will not be shared with the UK if there is a danger that it will be disclosed …Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Johnson retracts 'social cleansing'remarksLONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson was forced to climb down yesterday after declaring he would not accept a “Kosovan-style social cleansing…Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Cameron facing revolt over EU budget increaseBRITISH EUROSCEPTICS: BRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron is facing a significant revolt from Conservative MPs if he accepts…Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
EU rules will 'severely damage' investment in NICHANGES TO European Union rules governing the grants that can be paid to companies locating in Northern Ireland coming into force…Thu Oct 28 2010 - 01:00
Cameron will resist bigger UK payment to EU budgetBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron is to strongly oppose demands from Brussels for significant increases in Britain’s contribution…Wed Oct 27 2010 - 01:00
UK growth figures defy gloomy forecastBRITISH CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne received a double boost yesterday after economic growth figures defied predictions…Wed Oct 27 2010 - 01:00
Cameron launches £200bn private investment infrastructure planUP TO £200 billion (€225 billion) is to be spent on upgrading the United Kingdom’s infrastructure, including roads, railways …Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Scotland to resist plan to sell off forestsPLANS BY the British government to sell off nearly a million acres of forestry over the next decade in a bid to raise billions…Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Taxpayers should never have to bail out banks, says Bob Diamond of BarclaysTAXPAYERS SHOULD never again be forced to bail out troubled banks and the costs should be borne by bondholders and investors, …Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Irish ski firm criticised for Geordie advertDIRECTSKI, THE Irish-based skiing holiday company, has been criticised for an advertising campaign in the United Kingdom which…Mon Oct 25 2010 - 01:00
Submarine captain may face inquiryTHE CAPTAIN of the British royal navy nuclear submarine that was grounded for hours yesterday in shallow waters off the Isle …Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Arms expert in Iraq row took his own life - reportIRAQ WEAPONS expert Dr David Kelly, whose death in 2003 has been surrounded by various conspiracy theories, took his own life…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
No rise in corporate tax rate - HarneyIRELAND’S LOW corporation taxes will not be increased, Minister for Health Mary Harney has said, while she pointed out that the…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Cameron, Clegg defend planned cuts and acknowledge broken promisesBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg, yesterday insisted that the spending cuts to come would be fair…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Fear cuts will push economies back into recessionSCOTLAND AND WALES: SCOTLAND AND Wales now fear that their economies will fall back into recession following yesterday’s spending…Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Ted Heath's home for sale as museum idea fails to take offLONDON LETTER: After his death, the former PM’s museum opened as planned but has since been deemed unviableThu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Johnson mocks Lenihan in speechLABOUR REACTION: LABOUR’S SHADOW chancellor, Alan Johnson mocked Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan’s declaration last year …Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Osborne targets welfare in plan to save more than £80bnCOMMONS SPEECH: MAJOR CUTS in social welfare, which include radical changes to housing benefits and limits on how long people…Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Half-a-million public jobs to go in UK, says official memoTENS OF billions worth of spending cuts to be announced in the United Kingdom today by chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne…Wed Oct 20 2010 - 01:00
Security review lists dissident republicans as threat to UKDISSIDENT REPUBLICANS are among the biggest security threats to the United Kingdom, along with al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism, cyber…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Lord Carswell calls for an end to Troubles inquiriesNO FURTHER inquiries into killings during the Troubles should be held because Northern Ireland “badly needs stability”, the former…Fri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Toiling at the global coalface from the heart of the City of LondonWILDGEESE - EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Eoghan Cunningham, Coal broker, LondonFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Cable awaits formal Murdoch BSkyB bidTHE BRITISH government will make no decision on whether to investigate News International magnate Rupert Murdoch’s bid to control…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
English students face college fees of £12,000 per yearUNIVERSITY EDUCATION in England and Wales could cost students £12,000 a year by 2012, and even more in top-level colleges, following…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
Outside bet Jacobson wins with 'Finkler Question'HOWARD JACOBSON has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize, beating Irish author Emma Donoghue’s Room and four other shortlisted…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
'Billions' wasted by British public bodiesBRITISH PUBLIC bodies are wasting billions of pounds every year, according to one of the country’s biggest retail entrepreneurs…Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
Moderate Johnson named new shadow chancellorNEWLY ELECTED British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has given indications that he will follow a middle course over billions…Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
UK state sector workers to pay more for pensionsMILLIONS OF British public sector workers will have to pay more for their pensions, work longer and receive smaller benefits …Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Unite to bring finances under control - CameronBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron yesterday urged the public to unite behind plans to bring Britain’s finances under control…Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
UK child benefit row triggers tax break concessionTHE BRITISH government is preparing to offer concessions to married couples as fury erupted over a decision to cut £1 billion…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
UUP and conservative alliance endsPRIME MINISTER David Cameron and Ulster Unionist Party leader Tom Elliott yesterday agreed that the formal alliance between the…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Brown could not honour pledge on funds, says PatersonFORMER BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown’s pledge to spend £18 billion on infrastructure in Northern Ireland over the next…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
