Politics
UK must cut debt or face obscurity - Cameron
BIRMINGHAM - Britain must cut its budget deficit and fix its economy or face long-term decline, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Wednesday, seeking to convince voters that his austerity plan is the only way forward.
Midterm blues: doubts assail Cameron
BIRMINGHAM - Even Prime Minister David Cameron sounds unsure he can win the next election. Grappling with a stagnant economy and upstaged lately by the boisterous mayor of London, a former schoolmate who seems to want his job, Cameron faces a divided Conservative Party whose members are worried they face electoral defeat in 2015.
Midterm blues: doubts assail Cameron
BIRMINGHAM - Even Prime Minister David Cameron sounds unsure he can win the next election. Grappling with a stagnant economy and upstaged lately by the boisterous mayor of London, a former schoolmate who seems to want his job, Cameron faces a divided Conservative Party whose members are worried they face electoral defeat in 2015.
UK must cut debt or face obscurity - PM Cameron
BIRMINGHAM, England - Britain must cut its budget deficit and fix its economy or face long-term decline, Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Wednesday, seeking to convince voters that his austerity plan is the only way forward.
Scottish to vote on independence in 2014 -minister
LONDON - Scotland will hold a vote in 2014 on independence in what could result in the eventual breakup of Britain, a British government minister said on Tuesday.
Jimmy Savile may have abused girls over four decades
LONDON - Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV star at the centre of a child sex scandal that has shaken Britain's state-funded broadcaster, may have abused up to 25 victims some as young as 13 over four decades, police said on Tuesday.
Cameron won't ease austerity after IMF downgrade
BIRMINGHAM, England - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday he would not soften his austerity programme with a "Plan B" of slower spending cuts after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its growth forecasts for Britain.
Cameron backs referendum on new Britain-EU deal
BIRMINGHAM, England - A referendum on Britain's ties with the European Union would be the best way of agreeing a fresh settlement with the 27-member bloc, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday, as pressure mounts within his party for a vote.
Weak August UK factory output dents recovery hopes
LONDON - British factory output dropped in August and the country's trade deficit widened sharply, data showed on Tuesday, dampening prospects for a sustained recovery in the second half of 2012.
IMF says UK should defer spending cuts if growth disappoints
LONDON - Britain should defer spending cuts planned for next year if growth turns out to be much weaker than forecast, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
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