The Prime Minister is appealing to international leaders to step up support for Somalia in an effort to stabilise the country described as "the world's most failed state".

Labour MP Eric Joyce has been arrested on suspicion of assault after an alleged fight at a bar in the House of Commons, according to Sky News sources.

An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by the Department of Health.

David Cameron's NHS reforms will become "his poll tax", the Labour leader suggested during Prime Minister's Questions.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has welcomed the creation of 3,000 new jobs in the UK by the world's biggest hotelier, InterContinental Hotels.

A space attack by a hostile country or terrorists could bring down the UK's power supply and the threat should be taken more seriously, the Ministry of Defence has been told.

Police investigating claims of fraud have arrested four former employees from the company which holds the Government's welfare-to-work contracts.

A single certificate declaring someone "presumed dead" should be brought in to help families resolve all the affairs of a missing person, a report by MPs recommends.

Barclays made a serious error over the pay of John Varley, the bank's former chief executive who stepped down in 2010 with a 'goodbye package' of nearly £4m - it wasn't enough!

Swift action is needed to "crush" any return of racism to football before it impacts on wider society, according to David Cameron.