Knife crime 'overtakes terror as police priority'

Deputy Commissioner says battle against knife crime has overtaken terrorism as Scotland Yard's No 1 priority

Tempers fly as as MPs block expenses reform

One Labour MP tells David Cameron to f**k off as MPs threw out plans to overhaul their expenses by a margin of 28

Deputy Mayor denies sex and cash claims

One of Boris Johnson's most prominent appointees forced to deny allegations of inappropriate conduct and financial irregularities

Sergeants swamped by paperwork

Report finds frontline sergeants are spending 45 per cent of their time on paperwork in embarrassment for the Home Office

Gordon Brown 'running away' from Glasgow East by-election

Labour Party activists are angered by the Prime Minister's decision not to break with convention and visit hustings

Dave serves up a vote-deal ambush

To centre court at Westminster where there was quite a lot of shouting and grunting, but I regret to say no biceps were flexed

Muslim councillor faces down male bigots

Councillor tells of 'hate campaign' by Muslim men in her ward, leaving her unable to visit the streets she represents

Rumble of hauliers’ discontent gets louder

The protesters drove across London to attract greater attention to their claim that they cannot afford the rate of fuel duty

MPs are promised changes to road tax reforms

The Government is expected to climb down on its controversial plans to impose retrospective road tax charges

Crunch time for Gordon Brown

Yesterday’s stark warnings from M&S and Taylor Woodrow symbolise how the credit crunch is now having a much wider impact

Doomed estate one of UK's 'great buildings'

Leading architect questions English Heritage's 'authority and objectivity' over East London estate due for demolition

The Tories and the West Lothian question

Tories have an answer to the West Lothian question, but one that a Cameron-led government may be in no hurry to implement

Truckers plan to jam London in fuel protest

Up to 1,000 drivers from across the country are expected to descend on the capital over rising petrol and diesel costs

He’s wrong, but do you feel a sneaking sympathy?

In Britain we are uniquely good at insulting the very people we are supposed to be most polite to - including the voter

‘I don't want your vote, stick it wherever pleases you'

Labour MP David Clelland's unconventional response to a constituent

Cherie, the C-word and knife crime

Cherie's voice, low and mellifluous, is perfect for TV and radio, which, one suspects, hasn’t passed her by

Where people die to protect their turf

Manchester's Moss Side, which became synonymous with gun crime, is a rabbit warren of streets to one side of a highway

Cameron gets helping hand from Cowell

Two Britain's Got Talent finalists appeared at Conservative fund-raising ball hosted by Mr Cameron and his wife

Tories say car tax rules will hit 2 million

Tories published figures showing that abolition of 10p tax band left 1.1m low-earners losing out by up to £112 a year

Youths who see violence as a career choice

Research suggests that most street gang members are aged under 18, with the age of 25 being about the oldest