<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>UK-politics News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=12&amp;catid=294</link><description>News Feed for - UK-politics</description><item><title>UK Conservatives Pledge Quick Emergency Budget If Elected</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227712&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:57:00</pubDate><description>LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The leader of the U.K. opposition Conservative Party on Sunday pledged that, in the event of an election victory next year, he would announce a major emergency budget within 50 days </description><source>Global Finance Magazine</source></item><item><title>Tories 'planning emergency budget' - PA</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229665&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:18:00</pubDate><description>The Conservatives would hold an 'emergency budget' within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soaring </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Cameron says tough agenda needs majority win</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96239228&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:13:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition leader David Cameron said on Sunday his Conservative Party needs a clear majority in the next general election to push through painful measures to get the recession-hit economy </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Focus on under performing pupils damages the most able say MPs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96233019&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:13:00</pubDate><description>MPs are set to accuse the government of creating a system that puts teachers under pressure to focus on pupils who could improve a school's league table standing by gaining a grade C at the expense of </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>What happens if David Cameron loses?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96239239&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:13:00</pubDate><description>And by ??loses?, I mean fails to gain an overall majority at the general election, which would be an epic humiliation for the Cameron project. The new Ipsos Mori poll for the Observer gives the Tories </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Brown delay over terror victim payouts</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96237203&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:34:00</pubDate><description>Move to close loophole in compensation law denying help to Britons injured overseas removed from Queen's speech at last minute  Gordon Brown made a last-minute U-turn on a promise to compensate British </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Brown delays action on compensating British victims of terror attacks abroad</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235153&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T16:47:00</pubDate><description>Move to close loophole in compensation law denying help to Britons injured overseas removed from Queen's speech at last minute Gordon Brown made a last-minute U-turn on a promise to compensate British </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Britain poised to lose jobs as £10bn nuclear power plant contract goes to US</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232012&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:38:00</pubDate><description>Nuclear firm Westinghouse expected to appoint Shaw Group to lead its construction programme Thousands of jobs that were to have been created in Britain to build the next generation of nuclear power plants </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>David Cameron in new feud over promotion of women</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96160528&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:50:00</pubDate><description>David Cameron faces a fresh uprising from grassroots Conservatives furious at his attempts to promote women. David Cameron's job is to win an election by any means he sees fit Photo: PA After the 'Turnip </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Cameron and PM sorry over photos</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96197520&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T10:03:00</pubDate><description>Mr Brown made a late decision to visit the Field of Remembrance Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron have apologised after claims they used an Armistice Day service as a photo opportunity. </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Hillary and Miliband: a very special relationship</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96218149&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:32:00</pubDate><description>When Hillary Clinton called David Miliband ??vibrant' and 'vital??, eyebrows were raised - but why? Men hire, date and marry younger women all the time, says Kathy Lette Last week, when Hillary Clinton </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Brown ready to respond to Walker review</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96172592&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:25:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week. Walker, who </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Children hurt by focus on exam grades</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96195683&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:47:00</pubDate><description>Labour's drive to increase the number of pupils gaining C grades at GCSE is distorting education and forcing teachers to neglect their highest and lowest achievers, the schools select committee is expected </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Poll boost for PM as economy grows</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96195678&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:47:00</pubDate><description>Chance of hung parliament as Conservative lead falls to 6%  Labour's hopes of avoiding a general election rout at the hands of David Cameron's Tories will be boosted today as a new poll shows a sharp </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Why it's very likely the next parliament will be doubly hung</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96194242&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:22:00</pubDate><description>With today's poll suggesting a shrinking Tory lead, David Cameron could find himself governing with a tiny majority or none at all A spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>A question of ownership: Tory figures will play Cameron to their advantage</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193708&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:24:00</pubDate><description>If the Tory leader wins the next election, he faces a media battle between News Corp and Google which could split his inner circle It's the war for Cameron's ear. Greeting David Cameron, should he win </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Why the Tories are worried and the Lib Dems are hopeful</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193368&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:21:00</pubDate><description>Political pundits are beginning to recognise that the The A recognition that the election is not over yetoutcome of the general election is far from certainand bloggers. At the same time, anxiety is spreading </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Like Gordon Brown, David Cameron has lost the element of surprise</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193272&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:21:00</pubDate><description>With the Tory lead down to six points, Cameron must prepare for a close-run race IN POLITICS, as in war, an element of surprise is vital. It is not an advantage Gordon Brown is likely to seize. He has </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Economic optimism is inflated and there is a deficit of clear thinking</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193218&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:20:00</pubDate><description>With no signs of green shoots, Mervyn King is right to be downbeat - whatever the Queen said So: the government has a fiscal plan, confirmed by the Queen, under which it will halve the budget deficit </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>I've no problem voting Conservative, but I'm still not convinced by this lot</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193085&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:20:00</pubDate><description>There is a lot of sense in Tory thinking but they must do more to close the gap between rich and poor Although the next election sometimes seems like a choice between root canal work and an operation </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>The Tory peer who wants to convince us the PCC has teeth</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96192777&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:40:00</pubDate><description>Lady Buscombe tells Matthew Bell that the Press Complaints Commission is in the clear Close Baroness Buscombe is terribly sorry when we meet. Since agreeing to an interview in May, a month into her role </description><source>The Independent</source></item><item><title>Shahid Malik first British Minister to take pilgrimage to Makkah</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96236266&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:20:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 21 (APP): The British Communities and Local Government Minister Shahid Malik is to become the first ever British Minister to perform Hajj, his office announced Saturday. Mr Malik became Britains </description><source>Pakistani Newspaper</source></item><item><title>Power &amp; shadow in Westminster</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235048&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T16:43:00</pubDate><description>At the same time, the executive in Jamaica fired the public service commission when the prime minister objected to its selection of Professor Stephen Vasciannie as solicitor general. The merit of that </description><source>Jamaica Gleaner</source></item><item><title>WSJ BLOG/Iain Martin: Brown Bounce in ...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96212931&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:31:00</pubDate><description>Martin: Brown Bounce in Latest Poll gaJsHost (('https:' ? 'https://ssl.' : + gaJsHost + 'google-analytics.com/ga.js' You currently DO NOT have javascript enabled, to view our site this must be enabled, </description><source>Morningstar UK</source></item><item><title>Minister toasts new rules on Scotch whisky labelling</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96192641&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=294</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:28:00</pubDate><description>NEW regulations on whisky will help protect one of Scotland's "most cherished" products, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said yesterday.The regulations, which come into force today, include the need for </description><source>The Scotsman</source></item></channel></rss>