The Queen's gaffe-prone husband Prince Philip proved that at 88 he is as undiplomatic as ever, when he asked a young sea cadet if she worked in a strip club, newspapers reported Friday. The former naval officer, infamous for his colourful off-hand ...
Queen Elizabeth II's gaffe-prone husband Prince Philip proved that at 88 he is as undiplomatic as ever, when he asked a young sea cadet if she worked in a strip club, newspapers reported Friday. The former naval officer, infamous for his colourful ...
<div><p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Friday an urgent overhaul of parliament's expenses system, after a newspaper revealed embarrassing details of MPs' financial claims, including his own.</p><p>The latest setback for the embattled premier -- struggling to revive dire poll fortunes ahead of national ...
<div><p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised Monday after days of damaging revelations about MPs' lavish expenses claims.</p><p>"I want to apologise on behalf of politicians, on behalf of all parties for what has happened in the events of these last few days," he said ...
<div id="subtitle">UK opposition leader orders party leader to pay back excessive expenses</div><div><p>Britain's primary opposition leader banned members of his party Tuesday from filing expense claims for food and household items amid public outrage after lawmakers sought reimbursements for items such as swimming ...
<div><p>Junior justice minister Shahid Malik is stepping down pending the outcome of an investigation into his parliamentary expenses, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Friday.</p><p>The announcement came after The Daily Telegraph newspaper revealed that Malik claimed tens of thousands of pounds from ...
<div><p>A Conservative MP said Saturday he felt "ashamed and humiliated" over claiming expenses for a "duck island" to put in his garden pond -- and admitted that the ducks didn't like it anyway.</p><p>Peter Viggers was forced to announce his resignation Thursday over ...
<div><p>A British MP said on Saturday he felt "ashamed and humiliated" over claiming expenses for a "duck island" to put in his garden pond -- and admitted that the ducks didn't like it anyway.</p><p>Conservative MP Peter Viggers was forced to announce his ...
<div><p>Several Cabinet members claimed public money for accountants to fill in tax returns, a newspaper revealed Monday, as the opposition leader said the expenses row has rocked politics "to the core".</p><p>Chancellor Alistair Darling, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Foreign Secretary David Miliband ...
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse which U.S. President Barack Obama does not want released include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday.</p><p>The images are among photographs included in a 2004 report into ...
