BBC News | Politics | UK EditionNew system may not cut migrationpublished 1 day ago
The new points-based system could lead to a rise in immigration if ministers wanted it to rise, minister Phil Woolas tells MPs.
'Historic' use of Welsh in EUpublished 1 day ago
Welsh is used officially in a European Union meeting for the first time after years of campaigning.
Bankers 'abandon' HBOS campaignpublished 1 day ago
The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS appear to have abandoned their plan.
Decision to set up a caviar squad called a 'strange priority'published 1 day ago
A government crack-down on caviar smuggling is a "strange thing to prioritise" at a time of economic gloom, a shadow minister says.
No ransom for pirates, UK insistspublished 1 day ago
The UK rules out paying ransoms to hostage-takers as two Britons remain on board an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates.
New data security checks for EDSpublished 1 day ago
Computer giant EDS's data security standards are to be checked independently each year, MPs are told.
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