Politics News

Prisoners jailed for violent and sexual offences may be confined to zones of a few miles when they are released.

A guide for asylum seekers published by the Home Office has told them not to rape or sexually harass people, including partners and children.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and the Israeli government began a war of words over a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank.

Britain's biggest banks have fired a renewed warning to the government against hiking taxes on the industry as John Healey, the new chancellor, prepares to deliver his inaugural Budget in October.