UK government cuts to justice threaten human rights, Labour AM Mick Antoniw has said.

The counsel general criticised the decision to close ten law courts across Wales in a speech at Cardiff University's school of law on Thursday.
"The rule of law is meaningless if there is no access to justice," he said.
The Ministry of Justice said access to justice "is not about proximity to a court".
Ten courts including Brecon, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Pontypridd and Wrexham are closing under government plans.
Mr Antoniw, AM for Pontypridd and the Welsh Government's senior legal advisor, said: "In post war Britain access to justice and the administration of justice has never been so limited and restricted."
"It is pointless to be granted rights if you have no way of enforcing them," he said.
"The abolition of legal aid for the majority of people in the areas of social welfare law, family law, housing and debt, is more than a mere restriction of access to justice."
"The changes we have experienced in the past few years represent an end to the ideological consensus between political parties across the UK reached in 1945 that access to justice is a fundamental social and human right and an imperative in the building of a fairer and more equal society," Mr Antoniw said.
He said another principle of access to the law is that courts and tribunals should be based in local communities with "judges, magistrates and tribunal chairs who know and understand the community".
"The recently announced closure of another ten court buildings in Wales is another nail in the coffin of this principle," the minister added.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Access to justice is not about proximity to a court, and we are investing over Â£700m in reforming our courts to deliver swifter and more certain justice.
"The decision to close a court is never taken lightly, but maintaining underused and dilapidated court buildings is unsustainable, costing the taxpayer Â£500m a year."


Liverpool acted with their "hearts and not their heads" when they offered manager Jurgen Klopp a six-year contract in the summer, according to former Reds midfielder Dietmar Hamann.

Hamann wrote in the Sunday Times that the decision to give the German a four-year extension after only one full season at the club was "madness".
"I found it strange," he told the BBC.
"You don't get stability from a six-year contract - you get it from good work in the transfer market."
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Liverpool - who lost 2-0 to Hull on Saturday - are yet to earn a league win in 2017 and were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Southampton and the FA Cup by Wolves in January.
After the Hull defeat Klopp said the performance was "not acceptable" and his team "needs to wake up".
Since taking over from Brendan Rodgers in October 2015, Klopp has led Liverpool to an eighth-placed league finish and to the final of the League Cup and Europa League, where the Reds lost to Manchester City and Sevilla respectively.
"He had an impact and has improved some players but if you look at the pure facts, the points average didn't improve dramatically from Brendan Rodgers' time," Hamann told Match of the Day 2 Extra.
"They have lost two finals - both they could or should have won - and then the club make a decision with their heart and not their head and extend the contract."
Liverpool were Chelsea's closest rivals at the top of the Premier League on 4 January - trailing by five points - but are now fifth, 13 points behind the leaders.
"I hope he is there for six years, that means the club will have been successful," Hamann said.
"But if you look at the table, they were one of the favourites for the title six or eight weeks ago and now there is a big question mark whether they will finish in the top four.
"In recent years whenever the chips have been down the team have failed and that hasn't changed with Klopp.
"Whether Klopp can change it with this team, or another, I am not sure, but something has to change because the way the team is going in recent years is not good enough."


An increasing body of evidence suggests that ash dieback - the disease which has killed trees across Europe and is now in Britain - originated in Japan.

Some scientists say the fungus now ravaging trees across Europe is the same as a native species from Japan.
However, the Asian version of the fungus seems to cause no harm to the local Manchurian ash trees there.
Researchers speaking to the Radio 4 programme The Tree Scientists described the misidentification of the fungus.
Recent figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that there are almost 300 confirmed cases of ash dieback in Britain.
The fungus has spread across Europe over 20 years, threatening many of the continent's ash trees - and was first seen in nurseries in Britain in spring 2012.
The symptoms of ash dieback were first seen in Lithuania and Poland 20 years ago.
But it was not until 2006 that scientists identified that it was a fungus killing so many ash trees.
Prof Adam Hart, who presents The Tree Scientists, travelled to Poland to find out how scientists discovered what was happening.
Wloszczowa is a small town north of the mediaeval city of Krakow.  It was here that forest rangers realised that the death of their ash trees was not being caused by frost damage, as had been previously assumed.
Artur Ratusznik, district forest manager for the region of Wloszczowa, decided to send samples to his former professor, Tadeusz Kowalski at the Agricultural University of Krakow, to see if he could identify what was killing the Ash trees.
"It all started when I was given affected samples from the nurseries in Wloszczowa," Prof Kowalski said.
"We could see the same symptoms in all the samples - there was a light centre at the site of infection, which is often where the branch grows out from the stem, then this was surrounded by a darker band - that's the plants defence fighting the infection.  I managed to grow the fungus that was causing this infection in a Petri dish."
Prof Kowalski named the new fungal species Chalara fraxinea - but as the disease spread across the continent, he realised that something was not quite right.
"I couldn't quite put my finger on it; I couldn't see the whole picture," he said.
"I realised that Chalara fraxinea was just one stage in the life cycle of this fungus and that we were missing the other parts of this life cycle.  So I decided to look more closely, and after searching and searching the forest floor near infected ash trees, I found something.
"But our initial identification of this new sample was wrong - this fungus was incredibly similar to an already commonly found fungus in Europe. But it couldn't be that one, so we had to look again - and eventually we got it."
There is now more and more data emerging to show that Chalara fraxinea is not a European native species and could have come from Asia - including a recent paper in the journal Mycotaxon.
Joan Webber, principal pathologist at the Forestry Commission, told the programme: "Scientists working together in Japan and Germany have been looking at a fungus associated with native ash trees in Japan.  And what they've found is that this fungus appears to be the same one causing ash dieback in Europe and now in Britain."
So it seems that Chalara fraxinea originated in Japan or Korea, where it co-exists with native ash trees and does not appear to damage them.
Somehow the fungus has moved into Europe and as European native ash trees have not evolved with it, they are not resistant to its effects - and are dying in huge numbers.
Prof Kowalski agrees.  He says the fungus is too deadly to have evolved in Europe.
"My colleagues and I have come to the conclusion that this fungus cannot be native - it's just far too aggressive," he said.
"Currently when it infects a nursery for instance, it kills all of the saplings, by killing its host it ultimately leads to its own demise and itself dies out.  A successful fungus co-exists with its host tree, so they will both survive."
The Tree Scientists is on Radio 4 on Wednesday, 12 December at 11:00 GMT and will be available on iPlayer.


Shares on the London stock market rose on Friday after Scotland voted against independence.

The FTSE 100 share index was up 0.27%, or 18 points, closing at 6837.92.
An initial rally in the pound faded. Overnight it hit a two-year high against the euro and a two-week high against the US dollar, but fell back during the day.
Meanwhile RBS confirmed it would not be moving its registered head office now that independence had been rejected.
"The announcement we made about moving our registered head office to England was part of a contingency plan to ensure certainty and stability for our customers, staff and shareholders should there be a 'Yes' vote," the bank said.
"That contingency plan is no longer required. Following the result it is business as usual for all our customers across the UK and RBS."
In a statement, Lloyds Banking Group said: "The group is proud of its strong Scottish heritage and remains committed to having a significant presence in Scotland. We remain fully focused on supporting households and businesses in Scotland as well as right across the rest of the UK."
Over the past couple of weeks the pound had fallen on fears that Scotland would vote in favour of independence. As it became clear overnight that Scotland would vote against leaving the union, the pound spiked to a two-year high against at the euro and two-week high against the US dollar.
However, as trading in London got underway the rally faded and the pound dipped. At the end of the trading day it was down 0.48% against the dollar at 1.6322. Against the euro it was still 0.2% higher at 1.2714 euros, but lower than its overnight highs.
Jeremy Cook, economist at World First said: "The obvious risk to the currency markets was a yes and that would have caused a big sell off. Now the markets will go back to concentrating on the fundamentals of the UK economy."
Shares in RBS were up 2.6%. Lloyds Banking Group shares climbed nearly 2% in early trade before slipping back.
Brenda Kelly from IG Index said: "Investors in these firms will be relieved that management will be able to devote their time to business performance, rather than fretting about contract changes or headquarter moves.
"There is still uncertainty, primarily over the new changes to voting on English issues, but these are of importance primarily to politicians and less so to markets," she added.
The main Spanish share index, the IBEX, jumped more than 1% in early trade, but fell back in the afternoon. That was attributed to the 'No' vote because it was seen as reducing the chances of a breakaway in Catalonia.
The boss of Aberdeen Asset Management, Martin Gilbert, who had previously said that Scotland "would prosper" as an independent country, also welcomed the end to the uncertainty of the last few months.
"Scotland has long been a world leader in business sectors such as oil and gas, whisky and investment and the task now is to grow the rest of the economy with the strong support of politicians of all parties," said Mr Gilbert.
Sterling wasn't the only thing with a spring in its step this morning. Business leaders who had expressed concerns about the possibility of independence will also be relieved that all those contingency plans for possible upheaval can be put away - for the foreseeable future at least.
Business attention will now quickly turn to the constitutional changes announced by the prime minister this morning. Although initially it may not seem a business matter, greater federalism in the UK could have significant ramifications.
There may never be an English Parliament - I'm sure the last thing voters want is more politicians - but if powers over the setting of taxes and business policies for example are devolved to the four nations of the UK, then chief executives will have to sit up and take notice.
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Analysts also said that the result reduced the risk of the UK leaving the European Union.
"Scottish residents are more in favour of remaining in the EU, compared to the rest of the UK where the majority favour an exit. Overall, major disruption has been avoided and focus can now return to building on the strong economic recovery in progress, " said Azad Zangana, economist at Schroders.
"The Bank of England is now likely to press ahead with raising interest rates early next year in the absence of political uncertainty," he added.
Stock markets in Asia were mostly higher, taking their cues from Wall Street.
US stocks rose on Thursday, one day after the central bank - the US Federal Reserve - said it would maintain its pledge to keep interest rates low. Those comments helped to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index to record highs.


An exam board has been criticised over plans to translate Welsh-speaking pupils' papers so they can be marked by examiners in English.

Edexcel will translate some responses because it was unable to recruit Welsh-speaking examiners in certain subjects.
But education campaign group Rhag said the move placed pupils studying in Welsh at a significant disadvantage.
Union UCAC said qualifications through Welsh should not be offered if the demands of delivering it are not met.
Edexcel said it had struggled to find Welsh-speaking examiners for its A-Level music technology and sport and active leisure principle learning qualification.
Instead it will have students' answers translated to English.
The exam board said the papers will  be sent to a Welsh-speaking subject expert to confirm that the content has been fully translated.
Only then will the paper be marked in English, alongside the original script, with any translation queries referred back to the subject expert.
Edexcel told BBC Wales that "in no individual paper are more than 9 learners affected".
But Ceri Owen, of Rhag, said the decision was "a scandal".
"Such a situation is completely unacceptable and places pupils studying through the medium of Welsh at a significant disadvantage," she said.
"They should have the same conditions as their contemporaries who study through the medium of English, where there is no interference in the original work.
"In such circumstances, the work being assessed isn't that of the pupil's but another person's interpretation of that said work, in a completely different language."
Rebecca Williams, of Welsh education union UCAC, said it was impossible to guarantee the translated text would capture the precise meaning pupils intended.
"If an exam board is unable to cope with the demands of offering a qualification in Welsh, then they should not be offering that qualification in the first place," she said.
A spokesperson for Edexcel said it was working to ensure every student is treated fairly.
"We always aim to recruit Welsh-speaking examiners where we have entries for assessment that are offered in Welsh. In the majority of cases we are able to do so," said the exam board official.
"However in the rare instances where we are not able to recruit Welsh-speaking examiners with the necessary subject and assessment experience, we undergo a four stage process, using a translation agency also used by the National Assembly for Wales."


A last-gasp goal from Nicky Clark saw Dunfermline edge Queen of the South to seal fifth place in the Championship.

The hosts created a string of chances in the first half but were unable to find a way past Dunfermline goalkeeper Sean Murdoch.
Queens continued to push in the second period, with Stephen Dobbie keeping Murdoch busy.
But it was the Pars who grabbed all three points courtesy of Clark's effort in the first minute of added time.
Victory meant they finished five points clear of Queens, who had to settle for sixth place.
Match ends, Queen of the South 0, Dunfermline Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Queen of the South 0, Dunfermline Athletic 1.
Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic).
Foul by Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South).
Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dom Thomas (Queen of the South).
Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!  Queen of the South 0, Dunfermline Athletic 1. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sean Murdoch.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Connor Murray (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Rankin (Queen of the South).
Attempt missed. Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Connor Murray (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Callum Smith replaces Paul McMullan.
Attempt blocked. Lee Ashcroft (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Chris Higgins.
Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card.
Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Attempt missed. Joseph Thomson (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Connor Murray replaces Daniel Carmichael.
Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Derek Lyle (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Ashcroft (Dunfermline Athletic).
Attempt saved. Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Derek Lyle replaces Lyndon Dykes.
Attempt missed. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Joe Cardle replaces Michael Moffat.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Joseph Thomson replaces Callum Tapping.
Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Callum Tapping (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic).
Attempt missed. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner,  Queen of the South. Conceded by Sean Murdoch.
Attempt saved. Callum Tapping (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic).


Plaid Cymru released its general election 2017 manifesto on 16 May and pledged to demand from the government in Westminster "every single penny" of the money Wales currently receives from the EU, once the UK leaves the bloc.

The UK as a whole pays in more to the EU budget than it gets back.
But research by Cardiff University shows that Wales is a net recipient of EU funds, as more EU money comes to Wales, than it effectively pays into the EU through the UK's contribution.
How do the figures break down?
According to the Cardiff University research, in 2014 Wales received £396m from European structural funds, which was invested in roads, museums, universities and other big projects.
It also received £260m from the Common Agricultural Policy, to support farmers.
Another £2m from other programmes bring the EU total to Wales in 2014 to £658m.
On the other hand, Wales contributes to the EU budget through taxation.
The Cardiff researchers calculated that was worth £414m, bringing Wales' net receipts from the EU to £245m.
Both the UK contribution to the EU budget and the funds the EU transfers to the UK vary from year to year.
Wales' receipts from the EU would therefore be slightly different in 2015, but the 2014 Cardiff University figure is a good indication of the amounts Wales receives.
Is Plaid talking about its total or net receipts from the EU?
Plaid says it would demand that the full amount of EU funding is replaced by Westminster, not the net figure.
The party says that's £680m a year, slightly higher than the 2014 figure calculated by Cardiff University.
Will Westminster pick up the tab?
During the referendum campaign,  Leave campaigners, including the current Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said all programmes in Wales would be funded at current levels until 2020, "or up to the date when the EU is due to conclude individual programmes".
But after the EU referendum, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns announced in the House of Commons that "simply replacing what are currently EU funds with another source from Westminster misses the point".
The UK government has not laid out its funding plans for Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
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UK retail sales grew for the 29th month in September, partly due to the Rugby World Cup.

Sales in the month grew 6.5% from the same month of 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated.
The period covered was actually 30 August to 3 October, which means it includes the bank holiday weekend at the end of August.
But the ONS said that the effect of the bank holiday had been removed by seasonal adjustment.
September 2014 figures did not include the bank holiday weekend.
The quantity bought in the retail industry grew 1.9% last month compared with August.
"Falling in-store prices and promotions around the Rugby World Cup are likely to be the main factors why the quantity bought in the retail sector increased in September at the fastest monthly rate seen since December 2013," said Kate Davies head of retail sales at the ONS.
Average shop prices including petrol stations were 3.6% lower in September than they had been a year earlier.
The bank holiday applied in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
An earlier version of this story suggested that the rise in retail sales was due to the timing of the bank holiday weekend, but the ONS has now clarified that seasonal adjustment would have removed that effect.


The Iraqi city of Ramadi has been "liberated" from so-called Islamic State, the Iraqi military has declared.

Spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said forces had achieved an "epic" victory. TV pictures showed troops raising the Iraqi flag over the government complex.
Some reports indicate there are still pockets of resistance in the city.
The BBC's Thomas Fessy, in Ramadi, says the week-long battle against IS has destroyed the urban landscape.
Ramadi's recapture marks a major reversal for the jihadist group. They seized it in May, in an embarrassing defeat for the army.
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State television showed pictures of soldiers in Ramadi firing their guns in the air and publicly slaughtering a sheep in celebration
Troops managed to capture the government compound on Sunday, flushing out or killing IS fighters and suicide bombers who had been holding out in its buildings.
Brig Gen Majid al-Fatlawi of the army's 8th division told AFP that IS fighters had "planted more than 300 explosive devices on the roads and in the buildings of the government complex".
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi praised the capture of Ramadi in a TV address.
"2016 will be the year of the big and final victory, when Daesh's [IS's] presence in Iraq will be terminated," he said.
"We are coming to liberate Mosul and it will be the fatal and final blow to Daesh," he added, in a reference to the largest city under IS control in northern Iraq.
Driving through Ramadi is a ride through the remains of a city ravaged by war.
This a place that has suffered over a decade of sporadic conflict, but the week-long battle against so-called Islamic State has destroyed the urban landscape.
Iraqi forces have cleared the main streets but no-one dares to step onto the rubble or enter the shattered buildings - booby traps are everywhere.
Ramadi sits on the Euphrates river, and we saw three of its bridges that had been cut in half - massive chunks of concrete lost in the water.
At the university campus, every single building is either destroyed or severely damaged. There was intense fighting here last week - IS militants had taken position within the campus. Some of the buildings were entirely flattened by coalition air strikes.
Operations are still under way in the city centre and in the northern quarters, where Iraqi troops supported by coalition warplanes are hunting retreating IS militants. But in the neighbourhoods that we visited, there was no sign of life except for the soldiers standing guard.
Iraqi troops are close to victory in Ramadi, but this is a city that has been sacrificed in battle.
The operation to recapture Ramadi, about 55 miles (90km) west of Baghdad, began in early November.
It was backed by US-led coalition air strikes. But it made slow progress, mainly because the government chose not to use the powerful Shia-dominated paramilitary force that helped it regain the mainly Sunni northern city of Tikrit, to avoid increasing sectarian tensions.
The US military called the recapture a "proud moment for Iraq".
It added that "the coalition will continue to support the government of Iraq as they move forward to make Ramadi safe for civilians to return".


Laws banning smoking in public places have had a positive impact on child health, an international study in the Lancet suggests.

Researchers found a 10% reduction in premature births and severe childhood asthma attacks within a year of smoke-free laws being introduced.
A research team analysed 11 previous studies from North America and Europe.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said smoking bans benefitted adults and children.
This is one of the first large studies to look at how anti-smoking laws in different countries and states are affecting the health of children living in those regions.
Laws that prohibit smoking in public places, such as bars, restaurants and workplaces, have already been shown to protect adults from the dangers of passive smoking.
In this study, researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Maastricht University, Hasselt University in Belgium, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital looked at more than 2.5 million births and almost 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks in children.
Dr Jasper Been, lead study author from the Maastricht University Medical Centre in The Netherlands, said the research on children under 12 was revealing.
"Our study provides clear evidence that smoking bans have considerable public health benefits for perinatal and child health, and provides strong support for WHO recommendations to create smoke-free public environments on a national level."
The study also found a 5% decline in children being born very small for their age after the introduction of smoke-free laws.
Co-author Professor Aziz Sheikh, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, and the University of Edinburgh, said there was potential to improve the health of more children.
"The many countries that are yet to enforce smoke-free legislation should in the light of these findings reconsider their positions on this important health policy question."
Previous research suggests that 40% of children worldwide are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, which has been shown to be a cause of respiratory disease and a trigger for asthma attacks in children.
Recent European research also showed that passive smoking causes thickening of children's arteries which can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes in later life.
Experts say children are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of second-hand smoke because their lungs and immune systems are still developing.
At present, 16% of the world's population is covered by smoke-free laws.
Scotland introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in 2006, and England in 2007.
Commenting on the study, Professor Ronnie Lamont from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said the study provided further evidence that smoking bans had substantial health benefits for adults and children.
"Smoking during pregnancy has been shown to have adverse effects on foetal development and pregnant women need to be informed of the risks and should be offered advice and support to help them give up.
"It is important that healthcare professionals encourage women to lead a healthy lifestyle."
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said it supported recommendations for further implementation of smoke-free environments.
A Department of Health spokesman said it wanted to build on the smoking ban by making it illegal for adults to buy cigarettes for children and to smoke in cars carrying children.
"We are also stopping tobacco being sold from vending machines and increasing the tax on tobacco and banning displays," it said.
But Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said children tended to be exposed to second-hand smoke in the home, "so workplace smoking bans would have little or no impact on children".
"If the report is suggesting that environmental tobacco smoke is the only or principal cause of childhood asthma, that's ridiculous," he said.
"In the UK the number of people suffering from asthma has tripled in the last 40 years. During that same period the number of people who smoke has halved and today relatively few children are exposed to tobacco smoke in confined spaces such as homes and cars."
Mr Clark added that calling for more countries to introduce comprehensive smoke-free legislation was "a gross overreaction".


Yes, this phone is sleek, elegant and finely crafted, but can it be more than just a slab of metal?

For Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC, a lot is riding on its appeal.
The new HTC One, shown exclusively to the BBC at the company's headquarters in Taiwan's capital Taipei weeks before its official launch, differs starkly from HTC's previous phones - and from many other smartphones currently on the market.
Like the iPhone 5, it has a unibody made out of metal.
"It's just like your watch - you don't need a plastic watch," says Thomas Chien, one of HTC's vice-presidents of design, as he caresses the aluminium body of the handset.
But the HTC One is launching into an utterly crowded market, dominated by Samsung with its Galaxy S3 and Apple with its iPhone 5.
Fighting for the number three spot is a gaggle of players, from Blackberry and Nokia to LG and HTC. Snapping on their heels are new players from China like Huawei and ZTE.
It's in stark contrast to just a few years ago, when HTC looked like the only plausible challenger to Apple and its iPhone.
For its fightback, HTC has packed its new Android-based smartphone with innovations that the company says create a "totally new experience".
"We think it's the first time we came up with a design not just from the hardware side - it's kind of a new experience from outside and inside," says Mr Chien, sitting in an open-plan office on the 15th floor of HTC's headquarters.
He takes me to a large table littered with mobile phones of all shapes and colours, next to paper sketches of early designs for the HTC One.
Mr Chien picks up a slab of solid aluminium: "That's how it all starts." The metal is ground, cut, pierced, polished, and then packed with electronics and finished off with a 4.7in (12cm) display, offering an industry-leading 468 pixels per inch (ppi).
Most people can't see the difference in quality beyond 300ppi but Mr Chien says the pixel density is still important, because it can display much finer detail.
"We always push boundaries. You never really define that something is enough for humans," he says.
HTC also hopes to make a difference with features like BlinkFeed, a live stream of personalised content that shows up on the phone's home screen when it is switched on; the so-called Living Gallery that merges stills and video; dual front-facing speakers promising, says HTC, a better music experience.
Innovation, however, does not guarantee success. HTC's previous flagship phone, the HTC One X, was praised by the tech-savvy. A reviewer at hip technology website The Verge called it "one of the best mobile devices I've ever used".
Tech blog Engadget described the One X as "a masterpiece", while Pocket-lint accorded it the same score as Samsung's top-selling Galaxy S3.
Yet, despite all the features and praise, it was Samsung's Android phone that snatched the crown as the world's top-selling smartphone, followed by Apple's iPhone 4S.
The HTC One X struggled and company profits plummeted - in the last quarter of 2012, down a massive 91% on the previous year.
So what went wrong?
Lu Chun-kuan, a senior research analyst at Gartner Taiwan, points to fierce competition in the smartphone market.
"It's getting more and more difficult - it's not only the competition from Samsung and Apple, but also from the low-end devices of the Chinese players who are catching up very fast," he says.
"I think the key is that HTC needs to make sure that consumers are aware of the new technology it can bring them.
"Last year, [two HTC Android smartphones] the Butterfly and the One X were actually very good devices, but their sales were not as good as the company expected.
"This is more than just [doing enough] TV ads - it's the correct way of marketing, how they deliver the correct message to consumers, so that they get that this device is as good as Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S."
HTC's chairman Peter Chou readily admits to the BBC that the firm faced challenges last year. But he says the new phone will help the Taiwanese company turn things around: "We've created the best smartphone on the market; we just need to let the world know about it."
To gain traction in the market, HTC aims to do better marketing than last year, focusing on tech-savvy people, the very same crowd that is now so taken in by the iPhones and Galaxy devices.
"Rather than trying to talk to everyone, we will be engaging with people who are seeking an alternative experience," says Mr Chou.
"We will be smart and nimble in our marketing. You will see us take bold risks."
While carving a phone out of metal could qualify as taking a bold risk - at least in terms of technology - HTC must make sure that its new "hero" phone does not stumble at other hurdles; the One X, for example, had trouble shaking off criticism for its relatively short battery life.
"At the end of the day, a good product will sell itself," says Scott Croyle, HTC's other vice-president of design, who once told the BBC that he had drawn inspiration for a handset from a sports shoe.
"To be a successful company, there are a lot of moving parts," says Mr Croyle.
"And absolutely - can HTC do better? Yes, I think all of us can do better.
"I think this year we've really focused on innovation and execution. And execution not only in terms of design and engineering, but getting the whole company to move in step as we launch the phone."
For the HTC One to be successful, it requires more than just a feat of engineering.


A care home in Shropshire where inspectors found ants on a dining table and a soiled mattress has been told it must improve or face possible closure.

Inspectors rated Meadowbrook care home, near Oswestry, "inadequate" after it failed to improve from a 2016 report.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was not kept clean and hazard free and residents' dignity was compromised.
Improvements have now been made, including the recruitment of two new managers, the care home said.
See more stories from Shropshire here
Meadowbrook was found to be neither caring nor well-led, with a high staff turnover and low morale. Personal information was not kept confidential, the report found.
There will be another inspection within six months and, if improvements have not been met, the home will be closed.
The unannounced CQC inspection took place on 4 and 5 April at the care home in Gobowen, which houses 50 people.
The home was found to have a high staff turnover and dependence on agency staff who are not always sufficiently trained.
Inspectors reported a lack of stimulation, with people often ignored by staff.
One person told inspectors: "I like it here but I wish people would talk to me. I feel so lonely."
At lunch time a person was seen "struggling to feed themselves in full view of staff".
The report also found dirty conditions including a soiled mattress and ants on a dining table.
Confidential files were left on a laundry trolley, outside bedrooms and being used to wedge a door open.
Meadowbrook said in a statement: "We are sorry that Meadowbrook Care Home has fallen well below the standards that we expect all of our homes to provide.
"Since the inspection we have been treating this as a priority and carrying out a comprehensive programme of improvements."


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Christmas cards: Bloom's bongo drums and 'slut' cleaner
Air Passenger Duty (APD): UK has highest flights tax
Programme cancelled to make way for coverage of Nelson Mandela memorial service
MPs' pay rise: Mark Field, John Woodcock and Tom Brake
John Woodcock MP on depression and mental illness
Ed Miliband 'absolutely ruthless' says Diane Abbott
Sir Michael Wilshaw on standards in English schools
Autumn Statement: political reaction to Osborne speech
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John Stuart Mill: Toby Young on philosopher's legacy
Tom Watson MP on 'embarrassing'' betting machine vote
Special index for Autumn Statement coverage
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Autumn Statement: Buzzword bets on Osborne speech words
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Police and crime commissioner on troubled families bid
World War One:  How should UK remember 1914-18 battles
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Tory MEP David Campbell Bannerman on UK-EU trade deal
Save our pub: Drinkers' powers to postpone conversion
UK coalition advice from Germany, Ireland and Sweden
Minister Michael Fallon 'wrote letters to himself'
International aid: UK gives more money than other countries
Yvette Cooper on nightmare Ed Balls leaked email claim
Yvette Cooper on immigration, police and crime figures
Boris Johnson: What are prospects for Mayor of London?
Author Thomas Paine praised by Lewes MP Norman Baker
Political week: RBS loans, Scotland, Boris and Movember
James Wharton: EU referendum bill making good progress
Parental leave policies from Conservative and Lib Dems
Movember MP Jake Berry 'looks like 1970s porn star'
Movember moustache MPs shaved: Woodcock and Williams
NHS Whistleblower Gary Walker on statutory code
Bulgarian ambassador Konstantin Dimitrov on immigration
PMQs: Miliband on cost of living, Cameron on economy
PMQs: PM and Miliband on payday loans and winter deaths
PMQs: Cameron and Wishart on Scottish independence
PMQs: Cameron on Movember 'banditos' MPs in Commons
PMQ review: Winter deaths, green levies and energy prices
MasterChef winner Thomasina Miers on farm pigswill ban
Road safety checks on London's cyclists and drivers
Scottish independence: Darling on Salmond referendum plan
Scottish independence: Swinney on Salmond referendum plan
Political speeches: Hannan, Farage, Kinnock, Howe, Cook, Hague
HS2: Hybrid bill for London to Birmingham rail route
Ed Miliband's music on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs
Arts funding in austere times: public and private money
Co-op scandal: Labour's 'smear' response 'ludicrous'
Banking regulation: FSA to Financial Conduct Authority
FCA's Martin Wheatley on Paul Flowers and Co-Op Bank
European week: Gibraltar, Strasbourg and bank accounts
European Union: How nations become EU members
EU taking action against airlines for flights delays
Estuary TV: first of new local telly stations launching
Barnett formula and council funding: Merrick Cockell
Politics of Doctor Who: Miners' strike and UK joins EEC
'We couldn't balance Liverpool's budget'
TaxPayers' Alliance: Cut stamp duty to help property market
John Baron MP on government army and reservists plan
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on Flowers, Balls and Boles
PMQS: Cameron on Paul Flowers and Co-Op Bank inquiry
PMQs: Dodds and Cameron on NI terrorist amnesty plan
PMQs: Cameron on Hull named City of Culture
PMQs review: Nick Watt and MPs on Cameron and Miliband
PMQs: Cameron apologises to Meacher over drugs 'banter'
2015 general election: social media and digital campaign
Women in business: MEPs consider quota laws for boards
Scottish independence: Swinney on IFS financial report
Paul Sykes on backing UKIP to get EU referendum in UK
TV dragon Theo Paphitis on 'earning while learning'
IFS on financial challenges for independent Scotland
NHS England planning for extra winter pressures
Mark Pritchard to sue Daily Telegraph on Albania claims
Burnham on Ed Balls 'nightmare' claim in Labour email
Typhoon Haiyan: Greening on UK help for Philippines
Gove suggests geography lessons for historian Hunt
Peter Bone explains what an MP does in recess
Borgen writer Adam Price: Danish drama success on BBC4
Armed Forces Covenant: Support and help for servicemen
Sir John Major and social mobility: Pearce and Dorries
MP election candidates: Mitchell, Davis and Nawaz
The Sun's Page 3 topless women pictures - stay or go?
Harriet Harman: Sun's page three topless women pictures
Campaign for an English Parliament: Eddie Bone
Political week: Universal Credit, Speaker and spies
Pubs open longer for England World Cup football games?
Alistair McGowan praises green economist E F Schumacher
Ex-political editor John Cole tribute: Nicholas Jones
EU Referendum bill: Martin Horwood and James Wharton
NHS spending priorities: deprived areas and pensioners
London School Atlas aims to help parents decide
Intelligence and Security Committee: Spies before MPs
Hodge: Universal Credit IT, deadlines and money wasted
UK interest rates, inflation and economy: David Buik
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes' record
BAE job losses at Portsmouth shipyard: Mike Hancock MP
BAE job losses at Portsmouth shipyard: Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson
PMQs review: Landale on Cameron v Miliband and NHS
School dinners 'by far the best option'
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on NHS and A&E services
PMQs: PM and Robertson on BAE shipyard job losses
PMQs: Speaker Bercow reminds Cameron to answer question
Lucy Powell MP: Do you think I look like a politician?
Cold winter weather warning could help wind campaigners
Banking: current accounts and credit union loans
New York mayoral race: Rob Carolina on Bill de Blasio
Energy bills: Matthew Hancock on profit and competition
Plebgate: Vaz on IPCC and police officers before MPs
Sexist politics: Harriett Baldwin and Fiona Mactaggart
EU Debate: CBI, Nigel Farage and French MP (Facebook link)
UK Muslims on challenging extremism and radicalisation
Muslim Council of Britain's Farooq Murad on veil issue
Unite's Len McCluskey warns Miliband of media 'traps'
Karl Marx in London: Owen Jones on Marxism
Studio debate: Andrew Neil and Owen Jones (Facebook link)
Political week: energy, HS2, phone hacking and Red Ed
Football fans want more say in running of their clubs
Allister Heath on RBS plans for internal bad bank
Business for Britain: UK firms and the EU Single Market
EU toilet flushing water use advice: Bone and Bennett
Electoral Commission: Confusion over UK EU relations
EU referendum question change for James Wharton's bill
Labour 'still committed' to HS2 high speed rail plan
Energy UK's Angela Knight on changing energy supplier
Elderly and lonely: Reaction to Jeremy Hunt claims
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on energy bills and policies
PMQs: Speaker tells Cameron PPS to nod and carry notes
PMQs: Cameron says Labour 'too weak' on HS2 rail plan
PMQs review of Cameron and Miliband on energy policies
EDL founder Tommy Robinson on Mo Ansar TV documentary
NHS charges: Hughes-Hallett on paying for health services
Cameron: 'Labour should reopen Falkirk inquiry'
Mo Ansar on Tommy Robinson and EDL documentary
Jack Straw on Labour's Falkirk selection inquiry into Unite
Falkirk MP Eric Joyce: Labour must reopen Unite inquiry
MPs following parents into House of Commons
London house prices and foreign investors buying homes
Russell Brand: Helen Lewis on New Statesman guest editor
'Mystic Ed' film reaction: Labour, Tory and Lib Dem MPs
EU summit: Cameron and leaders on UK taking back powers
Major windfall energy tax plan surprised Heseltine
European week: Immigration, Turkey and Merkel's phone
College of Europe in Bruges: Home of Thatcher speech
European Parliament: Anti-EU political parties on rise
Economist: 'Decaying' Hull, Burnley and Middlesbrough
Northern cities' help: Daniel Knowles and Lord Prescott
Cabinet Office civil servants have email-free day
Simon Hughes: Lib Dem free school and education policy
Thatcher and Osborne economic plans for UK economy
Economic forecasts: Will Hutton and Liam Halligan
PMQs review: Robinson on Cameron, Miliband and power bills
PMQs: Watson calls for fixed-odds betting machine ban
PMQs: Cameron on police and Miliband Plebgate apologies
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on Major and power bills
PMQs Con man jibe 'bit below the level' says Speaker
Solar energy plan in Constable Country: Brooks Newmark
Grangemouth unions 'conned' says Michael Connarty MP
Go home vans 'failed' says David Blunkett
Plebgate: Mitchell should have kept job says Blunkett
Peter Wishart MP: Online piracy a threat to UK jobs
Blunkett on education secretary job and teachers
Health debate: Henry Smith and Clare Gerada
Why did Bristol want elected mayor George Ferguson
Nuclear energy debate: Tom Greatrex and Angela Knight
Dunfermline by-election: Schools dominate campaign
Plegbate: Do police still enjoy public confidence?
Police trust debate: Carole Malone and Peter Kirkham
Eric Pickles MP cardboard cut-out travels around USA
Communities secretary Eric Pickles on council powers
Political week: Boris, Clinton, US debt and 'plebgate'
Immigration: MPs and public opinion about immigrants
Worsthorne on Douglas Home's rise to PM
English and British identity: poll on St George's Day date
Government secrets: Classified and confidential terms
Scottish independence: Economic, debt and tax questions
SNP Conference: Sturgeon on independence campaign
Energy bills and prices: Greg Barker and Caroline Flint
Lord West court-martialed for losing government papers
Deputy Speaker role: Seven Tory MPs stand in election
Drugs decriminalisation and law change call from peer
PMQs: Skinner on Atos work tests for disabled people
Andrew Mitchell owed 'plebgate' apology, says Cameron
PMQs: Cameron on England football team World Cup qualification
PMQs: Guardian harmed national security, says Cameron
PMQs: Robinson on Cameron, Miliband and cost of living
Plebgate: Nick Robinson on Andrew Mitchell IPCC report
GM food: Goldsmith on Paterson 'wicked' golden rice claim
Deputy Speaker candidates: Binley, Dorries and Streeter
Deputy Speaker candidates: Amess and Bellingham
From TV to MP: McVey, Soubry, De Piero, Bell, Gove
US shutdown could affect UK economy and global markets
Deputy Speaker candidates Eleanor Laing and Simon Burns
Traveller site plans for South Downs site near Brighton
Abbott: Mayor of London campaign and This Week role
Scottish independence: Carmichael on Cameron TV debate
Twitter role in reshuffles of cabinet and Labour shadows
European week: fracking, Lampedusa and Malala Yousafzai
Europol crime agency: drugs and counterfeit bank notes
Cigarettes: EU rules to curb tobacco sales to teenagers
Plaid Cymru conference: planning election campaign
Plaid Cymru conference: Leanne Wood on 2016 elections
British roads and 194,000 potholes for drivers to avoid
Royal Mail shares: Forsyth on post privatisation price
Political jargon: What George Osborne and Ed Balls mean
Westminster dog of the year winners: Noodle and Brodie
UK farms: Migrant workers picking fruit and vegetables
'Go home or face arrest' vans debate: Green and Khan
Freedom of Information Act 'should be for private firms too'
Freedom of Information Act extended to private firms?
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband clash on energy prices
PMQs: Cameron congratulates Higgs for Nobel prize
PMQs: Cameron on BBC-ICM council cuts and services poll
PMQs: Cameron on birthday treats from Labour
PMQs review: Landale on Cameron and Miliband questions
E-borders: John Vine on customs and police check report
Nuclear power support from former sceptic Mark Lynas
Nuclear power debate: Mark Lynas and Jenny Jones
Andrew Lansley on Lobbying Bill and its critics
Green party peer Jenny Jones: I wish I had been elected
Fracking arguments: Jenny Jones and IGAS' Andrew Austin
Reshuffle: Hazel Blears in field of cows when PM called
Royal Mail sell-off: David Buik on share prices
NHS and health issues for voters at 2015 election
Tory James Wharton on Adam Afriyie EU referendum bill
UKIP: Godfrey Bloom MEP to rejoin former party?
Help to Buy housing scheme to help people get mortgages
Help to Buy debate: Margot James MP and Allister Heath
Political week: Cameron, Miliband, Farage and Boris
Ex-editor Neil Wallis on Daily Mail Ed Miliband coverage
Nicky Clarke on chancellor George Osborne's new haircut
Planning changes: reaction to A21 road scheme for Kent
University student numbers rise despite higher fees in England
Raspberry Pi: Teaching computer program and coding skills
Treasury Minister Sajid Javid on Help to Buy scheme
UKIP: Amjad Bashir on Heseltine and media racist claims
Times' cartoonist Peter Brookes on Cameron and Clegg
Gove defends free press over Daily Mail's Miliband story
Conservative conference: David Cameron's full speech
Heseltine warns Tories on links to 'racist' UKIP
Tory conference: Cameron for HS2 north south rail line
Conservative conference: Cameron on Russia and vodka
PM on Labour and Conservative NHS policies and spending
Cameron tells Tories of 'Red Ed and Blue Peter economy'
Conservative conference: We are on our way, says Cameron
PM on lower taxes to attract global companies
Tory and Cameron year review from ConservativeHome
Duncan Smith on book claim that Osborne thinks he is 'thick'
Duncan Smith on work programme, benefits and sanctions
HS2 high speed rail views from Conservative conference
Tory Conference: Johnson jokes about being MP and mayor
Boris Johnson's call to 'yellow Lib Dem albatross'
Neil Hamilton: UKIP election strategy and no Tory pact
Conservative conference: Campbell on alcohol pricing
Better Conservative leader: Cameron or Thatcher?
Shapps: No joint Conservative UKIP election candidates
George Osborne: 'No-one will get something for nothing'
Conservative conference: Osborne on Labour and Lib Dems
Conservative conference: Osborne 'to freeze fuel duty'
Conservative conference: Osborne on HS2 jobs and prosperity
Conservative conference: UKIP links and Cameron survey
Caroline Flint: Labour plans for trusted energy market
Flint: Labour plans for energy market and lower bills
Hague on Iran's nuclear plans and Syria's chemical weapons
UKIP-Tory electoral pact not on agenda says Diane James
Political week: Miliband speech, HS2, Prescott and Dale
Boris Johnson MP? Mayor linked to Croydon South seat
UK Energy Research Centre on power bills and tax rates
Climate change debate: Matt Ridley and Greg Barker
Strike threat to Chris Grayling's probation plans
Labour conference: Socialism or capitalism choice
United Nations: calls for reforms and returning powers
Audit Commission figures on council tax and charges
Sir Merrick Cockell on council funding, fees and charges
Rural broadband: Dave Reynolds on fast internet service
Labour conference: delegates on HS2 high speed rail bid
Labour conference: Letts reviews Ed Miliband's week
Labour conference: Cooper on crime figures and PCC role
Energy UK reacts to Labour's utility bills freeze plan
Cridland on Labour's economic plans and minimum wage
LabourList's Mark Ferguson reviews Miliband's year
Labour delegates asked: Buy or bin Damian McBride book?
Labour conference: Khan on new homes and council powers
Damian McBride on book claims from Gordon Brown era
Tory MP Alun Cairns reports Damian McBride to police
Labour conference: Ed Miliband's full speech
Labour conference: Ed Miliband speech delights supporters
Labour conference: Balls or Darling for next chancellor?
Labour conference: Jim Murphy on defence policies
Labour conference: Alexander on UK's international role
HS2: Ed Balls says no blank cheque for high speed rail
Charlie Whelan on Damian McBride smears and book claims
Labour conference: Miliband, unions and Labour survey
Rachel Reeves on Labour "wraparound" care plan costs
Labour conference: Rachel Reeves on Miliband leadership
Grant Shapps on Vince Cable Tory ugly politics comments
Grant Shapps on Tory and Liberal Democrat policies
Alastair Campbell on Damian McBride briefings and claims
Political week: Lib Dems, veils, lunches and ring tones
UKIP conference on party's 20th anniversary
UKIP conference: Nuttall on MEP candidate selections
MEP Mike Nattrass on leaving UKIP and Farage
Farage: UKIP can win Europe poll and cause 'earthquake'
Hilary Benn on Damian McBride claims from Gordon Brown era
Archive of Labour, Tory and Lib Dem party conferences
Lib Dem blogger pledge 'to run naked down Whitehall'
Football fans chanting 'yid': Aaronovitch and Schneider
Quentin Letts reviews Lib Dem conference week
Nick Clegg tells Lib Dems: We're no-one's little brother
Lib Dem conference: Clegg on Labour and Conservatives
Lib Dem conference: Clegg recalls setting up coalition
Nick Clegg: 'Our place is in government again'
Scottish independence: Michael Moore on devolution vote
Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon on devolution vote
Reviewing Lib Dem and Clegg year with Stephen Tall
Lib Dem conference: Views on economy, Osborne and Cable
Lib Dem conference: Cable and Alexander poll on economy
Lib Dem conference: delegates on UK role in Syria
Syria: Ashdown says armed action option must remain
Liberal Democrats and lack of women MPs in Westminster
EU referendum in UK: Susan Kramer and Mark Pritchard
Lib Dem conference: Vince Cable attacks Conservatives
Lib Dem conference: Clegg on banking and housing
Lib Dem conference: mood box vote on Labour or Conservative
Energy Secretary Ed Davey learns danger of wind power
Lib Dem conference: Davey on nuclear power U-turn
Lib Dem email leak: Jeremy Browne on interview advice
Lib Dem conference: Cable preferred as next party leader
Lib Dem conference: Paddy Ashdown on survey results
Paddy Ashdown on Lib Dem polling and party conference
Royal Mail sell-off: Chuka Umunna on Labour policy
Labour's Chuka Umunna on economy and housing market
Political week: Boris loses temper, Royal Mail sell-off
UKIP founder Alan Sked launches New Deal party
How Green Party runs Brighton and Hove City Council
Green conference: Caroline Lucas on European elections
Zero-hours contract for workers explained by economist
UK security services scrutinised by MPs and public
Galloway warns BBC over Syria coverage and licence fee
Syria and chemical weapons: Galloway and Neville-Jones
Callanan and Farage on Barroso Tory UKIP predictions
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on unemployment figures
PMQs: Miliband and Cameron on Gove food bank comments
Galloway: Parliament 'vindicated on Syria'
PMQs review: Cameron and Miliband questions and answers
Simon Callow on Russian Olympic boycott and gay rights
Russia gay laws debate: Callow, Hoban and Leslie
Edwina Currie on liver and the House of Lords menu
Licensing raids reveal overcrowded homes and bed bugs
Gibraltar Day: Rock's relations with UK and Spain
Assad "will continue to slaughter' says Tory MP Brooks Newmark
Miliband TUC speech: Union reaction from Unison and GMB
Diane Abbott on Miliband and Falkirk union questions
Syria vote could leave Obama 'lame duck president'
MP fears Labour 'financial meltdown' over union links
TUC's Frances O'Grady on party funding and union links
European Court of Justice where judges rule on EU laws
European week: Gibraltar, defence and German elections
Australia election: Pundits on Rudd and Abbott campaigns
Syria: European reaction on possible military action
Daily political emails with Westminster news and spin
Syria: Liam Fox on Syria vote and Cameron in G20 talks
Syria: Liam Fox and Peter Hain on UK and G20 reaction
Three London councils working together and saving money
Cockell on council and local government budgets and cuts
Rebel MP Philip Hollobone MP on voting record
PMQs: Cameron v Miliband reviewed by Robinson and MPs
PMQs: Cameron quizzed on lobbying by Margaret Beckett
PMQs: Sacked Jesse Norman quizzes PM on cancer care
Cameron quizzed on Syria diplomacy by Miliband at PMQs
PMQs Cameron teases Labour front bench over possible U-turn
David Cameron defends 'robust' school uniform policies
PMQs: Cameron on Elvis and Miliband poll ratings
Political tour of Scotland's monuments and landmarks
Lobbying Bill: Unlock Democracy and Tom Brake MP
Clothes reveal political party support and votes?
Nuisance calls: Direct Marketing Association on TPS service
Richard Drax MP tours Dorset South seat on motorbike
HS2 high speed rail costs: Gillan, Campbell and Jowell
Syria: Cameron or Miliband right on military action?
Daily Politics special for Syria debate
Key quotes: Syria debate
Heathrow Airport chief executive on third runway bid
PMQs noise levels tested by Alun Cairns and Tessa Munt
PMQs: Robinson on Crosby, cigarette packs and lobbying
PMQs: Cat noises and scratches for Cheryl Gillan MP
PMQs: Flynn asks Cameron about questions and answers
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on Crosby and lobbying
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on nursing numbers
UK defence and Trident: Penny Mordaunt and Nick Harvey
UK leaving EU? Lawson on prize for essay competition
UK and EU relations as seen by leading politicians
Why ice cream vans chime time rules are being relaxed
Nuisance phone calls and text action wanted by MP
Sexism in British media - in newspapers and on TV
Page three and sexism: Caroline Lucas and Neil Wallis
Duchy of Cornwall tax affairs questioned by Republic
Forty Forty Conservative plan explained by James Morris MP
Party funding changes after union claims in Falkirk selection
Party funding: Patrick McLoughlin and Angela Eagle
Ed Davey: Climate science is incredibly complicated
Climate change: Ed Davey on science and energy policies
Cambridge cycling: one in three journeys is on a bike
Bee decline: European Commission's pesticide ban
Moon landings, space debris and national park plan
Political week: Unions funding Labour, G4S and MPs' pay
Margaret Hodge on Fraud Office G4S investigation
Electronic cigarette controls: Stephen Williams and Amish Badiani
Eric Pickles: Immigrants must learn to speak English
Daily Politics mood box: public view of MP salary rises
Downing Street and TV politics: voice of Paul Lambert
Put the legal profession in the dock, says Ross Clark
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on hedge fund and party donations
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on party funding and unions
PMQs: Lee Rigby tributes from Nuttall and Cameron
PMQs review: Robison on Cameron, Miliband and Bercow
David Cameron makes Wimbledon gaffe in Andy Murray tribute at PMQs
PMQs review: Robison on Cameron, Miliband and Bercow
Royal Mail: CWU Billy Hayes on postal privatisation
Reflecting on the Margaret Thatcher years
Is all political propaganda bad?
David Lammy MP: 'Housing shortage is causing poverty'
House of Commons 'bullying' towards Julian Huppert MP
Welfare changes and benefit for pensioners
Andy Murray win for UK or Scotland: Keith Brown and Mark Pritchard
UKIP: survey on Tory links, climate change and death penalty
Farage on UKIP and Conservative support and policies
Chris Grayling on UKIP election threat to Conservatives
Diane Abbott on Miliband, Watson and union claims
US-European spying: reaction to Snowden EU bug claims
EU referendum: David Lidington on James Wharton bill
Schengen Agreement: Passports and European travel
European week: Croatia, Portugal and Marine Le Pen
Speaker Bercow deals with MPs in House of Commons
Tory MPs to attend Wharton EU Referendum Bill debate
Connie Hedegaard on CO2 and EU emissions trading scheme
Immigration salary debate: Mark Harper and Keith Vaz
Iran and a nuclear bomb: Jack Straw and Melanie Phillips
24-hour NHS hospital care plan 'irresponsible' - Tallis
NHS 24-hour service: Dr Dan Poulter and Raymond Tallis
Speaker: PMQs Falkirk question 'complete waste of time'
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on schools and Unite union
PMQs: Cameron reminds Robinson of Mandelson loan
PMQs review: Robinson on Cameron Miliband and McCluskey
EU Referendum: Labour MP John Cryer backs Europe vote
Labour told to leave Owen Jones alone, says Dan Hodges
Adam Afriyie MP: Business is a force for good
MPs in posh burger test: Murray, Birtwistle and Bone
Payday lending rates: Julio Martino and Stella Creasy
Unemployment benefit changes: Owen Jones and Simon Danczuk
MPs on planned pay rise: Clegg, Shapps, Davis and Cable
Council and local authority funding: Sir Merrick Cockell
Blunkett on Labour Falkirk selection and Unite claims
MPs pay rise: Tory David Davis on IPSA recommendations
Trust in police: Hillsborough, Lawrence and 'plebgate'
Trust in police officers: David Davis MP and John Apter
Power cuts: Fallon on blackouts and new power plants
Labour candidate selection and union action in Falkirk
Mortgage and interest rises to come: Merryn Somerset Webb
NHS Wales and health services in England compared
Political week: Spending Review, burger and Gillard
Spending Review: views of Ed Balls and George Osborne
BBC Spending Review index
Spending Review UK economy in graphs and statistics
Spending Review: Which departments face biggest cuts?
Spending Review: Osborne announces council tax freeze to continue
Spending Review: Defence and intelligence budgets
Osborne opens Spending Review: From rescue to recovery
Spending Review: Winter fuel payment ends in warm countries
Spending review: Headlines from George Osborne's speech
Welfare cap, winter fuel payments and English lessons
Spending Review: Ed Balls says 'living standards falling'
Spending Review: BBC editors give their verdict
HS2 rail plan economic claims examined by think tank
HS2 rail debate: MPs Cheryl Gillan and Stuart Andrew
Spending Review: Residents take over council services
Chancellor's Spending Review and cuts to budgets
Louise Cooper on mortgages, bond markets and base rates
MP inquiry call over Stephen Lawrence police claims
Power of Information: faster access to health records?
Housing benefit changes and how one man downsized
NUT's Christine Blower on pay and sacking teachers
Jacob Hacker on predistribution and Cameron PMQ jibe
UFO and life on other planets: Lembit Opik and David Clarke
Sunder Katwala on immigration from the West Indies
Political week: G8, GM and George 'Jeffrey' Osborne
Dr Sarah Wollaston on open primary candidate selection
Private Members' Bills: Caroline Spelman and Bill Cash
Paterson: GM food is 'no strange new spooky innovation'
Westminster political whips: Mitchell, Taylor and Dobbs
Publish all drug trial results, says Dr Ben Goldcacre
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on banking and bonuses
PMQs: Speaker Bercow intervenes to stop Cameron answer
PMQs: Lucas and Cameron on Sun and page three pictures
PMQs: Skinner asks Cameron about mortgage payments
David Cameron praises G8 pledge for Syria
Ian Livingston to leave BT to become trade minister
PMQs review with Nick Robinson on banking questions
Churchill, Thatcher and their psychopathic tendencies?
Vince Cable advised about smaller firms and apprentices
Brandon Lewis on councils and local government spending
Health and social care: Chris Ham and Norman Lamb
Blears on unpaid internships to help young find work
G8 meeting - legacy of past gathering of world leaders
MP wants nine Whitehall departments merged or closed
G8 meeting in Fermanagh: Charlie Wolf and Owen Jones
EDL leader Tommy Robinson on convictions and Muslims
European week: Turkey, Greece, and French films
English museums could close or bring back entry fees
Arts funding: Ex-ballerina Deborah Bull on financing
Rapporteur role for MEPs in European Parliament
Next EU Commission president depends on 2014 elections
Ministerial driver on day Thatcher left Downing Street
Southern Europe out of euro says Alternative For Germany
Turkey protest: role of MEPs and Turkish bid to join EU
House of Lords reform: Lord Strathclyde and Ben Stoneham
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on unemployment figures
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on Syria and arming rebels
PMQs review: Nick Robinson, Douglas Alexander and Lord Howard
NHS payments: Steve Barclay on Sir David Nicholson
Tug of war between MPs and peers in charity match
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Succession rules for aristocratic sons and daughters
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Conspiracy theories with Kelvin MacKenzie
Bilderberg: Protesters and conspiracy theory in Watford
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Motorway speed limit may not rise from 70mph to 80mph
Syria: Julian Lewis on arming rebels and Parliament vote
Casualty waiting times: Ruth Thorlby on PMQs claims
Jacqui Smith on life with paparazzi outside her home
Westminster photographers and political life on camera
Michael Ignatieff on UKIP, Labour and Mark Carney
Bilderberg: Political and banking leaders in Watford
Recall powers: Zac Goldsmith against government plans
PMQs: Cameron taunts Labour over EU referendum position
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Ed Davey on energy bill and government carbon target
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EU: Kate Hoey on Labour for a Referendum group launch
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Ministry of Justice proposes legal aid changes
Can happiness affect children's health and education?
Police commissioners - six months after elections
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Nadine Dorries on Ipsa, expenses and nurses' home for MPs
Jim Murphy on lobby claims from Labour peers to journalists
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Francis Maude to cut civil service and marketing costs
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Same Sex Marriage Bill debate: Miller, Woodward, Loughton, Herbert, Howarth
Gas and electricity: Simpler tariffs but higher bills?
Martin Lewis on Amazon, Google and Starbucks UK taxes
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European plan for economic recovery and austerity debate
James Wharton on draft bill for EU referendum in UK
Lord Lawson on UK leaving EU, and Tory referendum vote
2015 general election: Labour and Miliband polling
Diane Abbott on masculinity and role of men in society
MEPs' reaction to UK EU referendum call (Facebook link)
PMQs review: Clegg, Harman and European referendum call
PMQs: Clegg asked about Lisbon Treaty EU referendum call
PMQs: Harman questions Cameron absence from Westminster
PMQs: Clegg and Harman on unemployment figures
Boris Johnson on Queen's Speech bid for EU referendum
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Prof Heinz Wolff: Care4Care scheme helping older people
Gay marriage referendum call from David Burrowes MP
MPs and ministers booed and heckled at conferences
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NHS England: GP funding and privatisation claims
NHS changes and privatisation claims: Gerada and Skidmore
Clegg party leadership: Kennedy on Gove 'mischief'
EU referendum: Tories and UKIP to run joint candidates?
EU referendum and Queen's Speech: Bone, Farage and Reynolds
Help to Buy: first-time buyers on the property ladder
Philp Hammond on EU referendum, defence budget and cuts
EU referendum: Tory MPs table Queen's Speech amendment
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Political week:  Queen Speech, Dorries and childminders
Labour Party and union-backed MPs and MEP candidates?
Local Government Association on council funding and cuts
UKIP's Paul Nuttall on Nadine Dorries defecting talks
Queen's Speech: Nuttall on Tory panic and EU referendum
No programme due to the State Opening of Parliament
Queen's Speech plans for government legislation
Royal Mail privatisation: Alan Johnson and Vince Cable
Food protection and origin for pies, cheeses and wines
Stilton cheese cannot be made in Cambridgeshire village of same name
Protecting UK in internet age after Communications Data Bill veto
Data Bill: Lord Carlile on Clegg and Lib Dem actions
Sadiq Khan: Labour was 'hollowed out' during years in power
No DP today, with extended local election coverage on BBC2
Vote 2013 on BBC2: 60-min programmes from 1200, 1400 and 1700
BBC Vote 2013 index
Local elections: Huw Edwards and Andrew Neil on timings
Kelvin MacKenzie claims London supports rest of UK
North south claims: Kelvin MacKenzie and Mike Smith
Political predictions: Nate Silver's foxes and hedgehogs
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US pollster Nate Silver on UK and US election results
MP calls for pricing and food information for shoppers
Community resolutions not for violent crimes says Khan
Ashdown: Allow Afghan interpreters to settle in UK
Eton school old boys: politicians in public service
Local elections: candidates for Somerset Castle Cary seat
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Sunday interview in full: Nick Clegg
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Rich politicians: Times lists wealthy MPs and peers
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Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman calls for road changes
Transport Minister Norman Baker: Cycle helmet and safety
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Farage: Romanian crime epidemic in London and UK cities
Nigel Farage MEP visited lap dance club in Strasbourg
PMQs: Robinson reviews Cameron v Miliband health questions
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on NHS waits and spending
Tanni Grey-Thompson: 'Was the Prime Minister consulted?'
Poet Motion: house building, Green Belt and countryside
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FA Cup Final must have 3pm kick-off says John Leech MP
Baroness Warsi on Islamophobia and Muslim attacks
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Charles Moore on authorised Margaret Thatcher biography
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Rail franchises: nationalisation vs privatisation calls
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London Marathon MPs: Nicky Morgan and Jim Murphy
MPs on workload and hours after Margaret Hodge comments
Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria: Stewart Jackson MP
Hilary Benn on Labour and coalition economic plans
Local elections 2013: Natalie Bennett on Green launch
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EU treaties: inside European archives in Brussels
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European week: budget, airports, banks and Croatia
Tory privatisations: Redwood on convincing Thatcher
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Planning restriction changes for England debated
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Galloway anger at Thatcher funeral and cancelling PMQs
Thatcher funeral: Bernard Jenkin on protests and legacy
Local elections for council seats in England and Wales
Grant Shapps on polls, welfare, Cameron and Thatcher
David Cameron's tribute to Margaret Thatcher in Commons
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Baroness Thatcher tributes from peers in House of Lords
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Mark Thatcher speaks of his sadness at his mother's death
1963 Beeching Axe hit railway lines and rural stations
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Stafford Hospital debate: Julie Bailey and Jeremy Lefroy (Facebook link)
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Free schools: Langley Hall report after two years
Boris Johnson: Michael Cockerell on mayor documentary
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OBR chairman Robert Chote explains economic forecasts
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Political week: Leveson, Budget and new Archbishop
Keith Vaz on Nick Clegg immigration 'security bonds'
Benefit changes for disabled people and social housing tenants
Margaret Thatcher papers over Falklands published
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Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon on vote date
Budget 2013: Osborne in right or wrong direction?
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House of Commons TV and film replica set up for sale
PM leadership challenge threat from Tory backbenchers?
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Budget 2013: Advice for chancellor ahead of speech
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Thatcher legacy: Archive for former Tory prime minister
Margaret Thatcher: what Mitterrand asked Shephard
Adam Afriyie on Conservative Party leadership reports
'Vichy' tag for Conservatives from UKIP's Godfrey Bloom
EU single market: French liquor and trade barriers
European week: budget, airline rules and animal testing
EU expansion: why more countries want to join the union
MPs Tessa Munt and Therese Coffey locked in Commons
Leveson: A free press is vile, says Peter Lilley MP
Civil servants and ministers at war in Westminster?
Civil servants and ministers: Herbert and O'Donnell
Lord O'Donnell on working with Steve Hilton at No 10
EU budget rejected: Richard Ashworth and Jan Mulder MEPs
Leveson: Hugh Grant on Cameron and press Royal Charter
PMQs: Wollaston and Cameron on alcohol prices in shops
PMQs: Miliband brewery joke on alcohol pricing policy
PMQs: PM urged to look at knife crime
PMQs review: Nick Robinson on Cameron and Miliband joke
Professor Heinz Wolff on Britain's record on inventions
National Apprenticeship Week: Boss on finding young workers
National Apprenticeship Week: National database call
Inflation basket: Peter Stringfellow tested on shopping costs
Trident submarine-launched missiles: For and against
Votes for 16 and 17-year-olds: public give their views
Falklands referendum: UK Foreign Office minister on result
Falklands referendum: George Galloway and Lord Hennessy
School drug and alcohol education: Winehouse and Crouch
Housing benefit: Bedroom tax or spare room subsidy?
Housing benefit changes: Campbell Robb and Jake Berry
Budget 2013: Build houses, says CBI's John Cridland
Budget 2013: Willetts on spending and Thatcher taxes
Local TV: Andy Crane on new North West England stations
Journalist Isabel Oakeshott defends Vicky Pryce article
Army on N Ireland streets 'inconceivable' says Villiers
Political week: NHS, Vince Cable and Theresa May
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Socialist Workers' Party conference over sex claims
Rosindell on Falklands Islands referendum and Argentina
MPs in fashion: Johnson, Thatcher, Hague, Blair, Davis
MPs' Margaret Thatcher slippers and Lib Dem waistcoats
10p tax rate call from Conservative MP Robert Halfon
Bank Of England hints at negative interest rates
Cooper on immigration: Labour got some things wrong
PMQs: Cameron urged to sack NHS boss David Nicholson
PMQs: Miliband suggests May as next Conservative leader
PMQs: Cameron on banking bonuses and 'bedroom tax'
'Under-occupancy charge is not a tax' says PM
Lib Dem MP Bob Russell's yellow waistcoat admired in Commons
PMQs review: Nick Robinson on 'bedroom tax' and 'croupier' phrases
Preston Bus Station landmark to be spared demolition?
Iraq 10 years on: Lessons from history for politicians
This House: Work of 1970s government whips on stage
Whips: Ann Taylor, Brooks Newmark and Baroness Neuberger
Living on Â£1 a day: Jack McConnell on going hungry
Rebel MPs? Douglas Carswell, Margaret Hodge and Robert Halfon
Police Federation on industrial action vote figures
Damian Green on police strike and industrial action vote
Thatcher statue: Conservative oppose Grantham plan
Arts funding: Philip Booth on government culture money
Arts funding: Jude Kelly on ticket prices and arts subsidies
Vince Cable: Nick Clegg and Liberal Democrat leadership
Vince Cable: Spending, Trident, Rennard and women MPs
Gove plans to change school history teaching in England
UKIP's Nigel Farage on Eastleigh and European elections
BBC waste: MP on bill to reveal spending and receipts
How by-elections campaigns have made headlines
Political week: AAA credit rating, Boris and 'jellies'
Can new motorway services drive an economic recovery?
Phill Jupitus on playing Conservative in Coalition play
Mark Harper: UK immigration figures and policy changes
Sir Don McKinnon: Commonwealth 'good investment' for UK
Karel de Gucht: UK's EU membership 'not a free lunch'
EU integration Sophie in 't Veld, Roger Helmer, Glenis Willmott, David Davis
PMQs: Blears asks Cameron about 'soaring energy bills'
PMQs: Cameron quizzed on NHS privatisation pledge
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on AAA rating and economy
PMQs: Speaker Bercow on Cameron help to silence Bryant
Reviewing PMQs economy exchanges on the Daily Politics
QE: what is quantitative easing and how it should work
Bob Servant actor Brian Cox: English and Scottish independence
Conservative polling: Rick Nye and Peter Bone MP
US election David Frum on lessons from UK Conservatives
Birmingham City Council cutting budget for youth services
Eastleigh by-election: candidates name soap characters
Young William Hague and Charles Kennedy enter politics
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on Westminster fish 'march'
Mark Littlewood on Lord Rennard sex allegations
Eastleigh by-election candidates from smaller parties
Eastleigh by election: Grant Shapps on Maria Hutchings
Mansion tax and 10p tax: Labour trusted with economy?
Eastleigh by election: John O'Farrell Thatcher comments
Sadiq Khan on economy and jail sentences for burglars
International aid: UK overseas spending and UN targets
PoHorse meat found in Lancashire school food reaction
Marxism writer Alan Woods on anti-capitalist protests
Political week: Pope, pancakes, 10p tax and horsemeat
Spitting and urinating fines set by Waltham Forest Council
Europhile Tory MPs launch European Mainstream group
Ed Balls says Brown made 'big mistake' scrapping 10p tax rate
Ed Balls on Labour 10p tax rate plan and mansion tax
Harold Wilson night of archive on BBC Parliament
Romania and Bulgaria: Heseltine on immigration figures
More women needed on TV and in media, says Alice Arnold
Women quotas: Alice Arnold, Emily Thornberry and Jo Swinson
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on living standards
PMQs: Cameron teased on horsemeat and '100% bull'
PMQs: Cameron on horsemeat prosecutions and meat checks
PMQs: Tories on Eastleigh Lib Dem by-election campaign
PMQs review with Nick Robinson and MPs
Hacked Off on Royal Charter for press regulation
Leveson and royal charter: Lord Fowler and John Hemming
Women's Hour power judge Oona King explains rankings
House of Cards's FU from Ian Richardson to Kevin Spacey
NHS and health reforms in England felt by patients
Shrove Tuesday: MPs flip to win Rehab pancake race
Eastleigh by-election: fight for seat after Huhne resigns
Eastleigh by-election: Blears, Lloyd, Andrew and Farage
UK and France: relations between London and Paris
Legal issues for Scottish independence (facebook link)
Owen Paterson: Meat ban 'would not be helpful'
Ed Davey on Clegg, Huhne, Eastleigh and boundaries
Citizens Advice Bureau: Rent arrears fears over welfare changes
Nigel Farage on EU budget and Eastleigh by-election
BNP and far-right parties could lose European funding
European week: football match-fixing, traffic and fish
European Council presidency rotating every six months
Councils to 'grab wealth for their areas'
EU referendum: Wales view of future in Europe
Wales: Devolution record on education and health
Sergei Stanishev on Bulgarian immigrants heading to UK
Mark Reckless on benefits for Bulgarians and Romanians
Mark Carney should resign immediately says Max Keiser
Housing market: Starter homes price restrictions call
Affordable homes and mortgages: Michael Fallon and Sadiq Khan
PMQs noise and decibels level in the House of Commons
PMQs: Cameron teased over welfare-to-work assessment
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on bedroom and mansion 'taxes'
NHS Confederation on Stafford Hospital report
Jon Cruddas MP on Labour record and policies
Richard lll burial: York, Leicester, London or Worksop?
Gay marriage: Tory MPs Peter Bone and Nick Herbert
Scottish independence: MSP Derek Mackay on referendum
Falkland Islands politicians in London for Hague talks
Tories on gay marriage: Geoffrey Vero and Gavin Barwell
Chris Huhne reaction: Tessa Munt and Alun Cairns
Chris Huhne: Joshua Rozenberg on MP perverting justice
Bond markets, traders and UK's AAA credit rating
Speaker John Bercow on noisy MPs in House of Commons
Borgen actor Sidse Babett Knudsen on Scandinavian drama
Worries for future of local press in Wales after job cuts
William Hague dismisses chancellor job swap reports
Hague: 'MPs can make own decision' on gay marriage
William Hague on defence cuts, Mali and EU referendum
George Galloway MP on Mali, Syria and Arab politics
Political week: HS2, Mali, Scotland and stalking horse
John Redwood: bigger tax rule book but lower revenue
Avaaz online political campaigns targeting MPs
Posh MPs: Stephen Hepburn, Angie Bray, Eric Ollerenshaw
EU referendum: British business view of new Europe deal
Bob Servant Independent writer Neil Forsyth on Galloway
GCSEs and exam changes:  Graham Stuart reaction
Muslim vigilantes: Peter Tatchell on homophobic abuse
Muslim vigilantes: Sayeeda Warsi and Peter Tatchell
Scottish independence: SNP MSP on referendum question
Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants and UK benefits
PMQs: Galloway and Cameron on Arab dictators and Mali
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on GDP and economic figures
PMQs: Speaker Bercow warns barrister Michael Ellis MP
PMQs: 'Stalking horse in the Tory food chain?'
PMQs: Bedroom tax and housing benefit clash
Political book award judges on writing a winner
Boris Johnson, Ed Miliband and William Hague interviews
Boundary changes and polls for Conservatives
Football changes 'not fast enough' says David Davies
Women in Parliament: quota call for more female MPs
Tim Montgomerie on Adam Afriyie Tory leadership stories
Greg Barker on Green Deal bid to cut energy bills
House of Lords election: Lord Sudeley on his bid
EU referendum: David Lidington on Conservative policy
EU referendum: Business view of UK and Europe powers
GDP: Max Keiser on UK economy, bonds and gold market
Danny Alexander on GDP figures and economic plans
GDP figures: Labour's Chris Leslie on UK economy
Political week: EU referendum, Harry, Clegg and Obama
Gay marriage support growing says Tory MP Nick Herbert
Police reforms: ACPO and Superintendents' Association
Police reforms: Nick Herbert on pay and conditions
MPs' pay increase: Jack Straw and John Mann on salaries
Flooding risk: no snowman help says Environment Agency
TV news: Wayne Hemingway on science and design stories
Wayne Hemingway debates TV good news stories with MPs
PMQs: Skinner and Cameron on Davos trip, tax and banks
PMQs: Miliband and Cameron on EU referendum and Europe
PMQS: Cameron on Scotland and EU referendum timings
PMQs: Straw challenges Cameron on defence cuts
PMQs review: Nick Robinson on Cameron and Miliband
Ethnic minority MPs: Rushanara Ali and Alok Sharma
David Cameron's petition on VAT and sandwiches
Tim Farron on Lib Dem polling and coalition future
EU referendum: Tim Farron on Lib Dem Europe policy
Liberal Democrats: coalition, polls and 2015 election
Gay MPs: Author Donna Smith and Labour MP Angela Eagle
Plebgate: Bernard Jenkin on Andrew Mitchell inquiry
Douglas Alexander on the UK in Europe and EU referendum
Teachers' pay in England linked to performance at work
UK and EU: European politicians on Britain in Europe
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UKIP threat to Tories: Mark Field and Douglas Carswell
Europe: UKIP poll rating and threat to Conservative MPs
PSI: Public Sector Information data to help UK economy?
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Medical Innovation Bill: Lord Saatchi on cancer treatment
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PMQs review: Nick Robinson on EU referendum and Europe
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Conservative Fresh Start: Andrea Leadsom on EU powers
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Hours of Lords: Peers reject Commons' boundary reform
House of Commons reform: Lord Forsyth and Lord Rennard
What Brown, Blair, Major and Thatcher did after office
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Falklands future: Alan West and Jeremy Corbyn
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UK joining up with Europe - 40 years in the EEC (EU)
London Underground: Blair, Cameron and Johnson on Tube
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Executive pay: MPs and salaries of business leaders
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Daily Politics highlights with Andrew Neil and guests
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Citizens Advice Bureau on benefit and welfare changes
Health minister Anna Soubry on healthy eating TV adverts
Louise Cooper on UK AAA-rating and triple-dip recession
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Two Manchester United fans who spent Friday night undetected in an Old Trafford toilet have released a video showing how they pulled off the stunt.

The supporters were on a stadium tour, but managed to cut themselves off from the party in an attempt to see the Premier League game against Arsenal.
They were found on Saturday morning during a security sweep of the stadium.
"We had a good feeling it would work out because of the amount of effort we put in," Uosof Ahmadi told BBC Sport.
The 21-year-old says the "24-hour overnight challenge" is a YouTube trend and, having already successfully spent the night at M&M's World and McDonald's, he posted a video on his account of him attempting similar at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium earlier this month.
"We tried to hide in the players' changing room, so it was practically impossible and it was no surprise we got caught," he said.
The Old Trafford stunt was then suggested to him by one of his YouTube followers.
The biomedical student, who says it was "freezing" at the ground overnight, was joined on his stay by friend Kyle Morgan-Williams.
"I don't know how I'm going top this," added Ahmadi. "I was surprised. Somehow everyone knew about this video before I had even released it."
After being caught by stewards, the pair were handed over to police, who decided not to arrest them.
They had been searched and their belongings put through a metal detector before they went on the tour. United say there was no risk to supporters attending the Arsenal game.
In a statement, the fans said they were also asked by security to explain "how we managed to do it to ensure it doesn't happen again".
The incident comes six months after United's Premier League game against Bournemouth at Old Trafford had to be called off at short notice when a suspect package was found in a toilet in the corner of the stadium.
It turned out to be a fake explosive left behind after a training exercise earlier in the week.


An Irish man jailed in Egypt since 2013 has had his trial delayed again.

Ibrahim Halawa was 17 when he was arrested during a siege at the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo.
He has been accused, along with more than 400 others, of inciting violence, riot and sabotage.
Mr Halawa's solicitor, Darragh Mackin, tweeted that it was "disappointing, but not surprising" that his trial had now been adjourned until 12 November.
He said it was the 15th time the trial has been adjourned.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said that the hearing did not proceed on Sunday as 2 October was designated the start of Hijra (Islamic New Year) and a public holiday in recent days.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan spoke to Egypt's Ambassador to Ireland, Soha Gendi, about the matter.
"I am very disappointed that the case hearing did not go ahead," Mr Flanagan said .
"We are working closely with Ibrahim's family and with his lawyers in Dublin and Cairo."
He said Ireland's Ambassador to Egypt, Damien Cole, spoke to Mr Halawa's Egyptian lawyers.
"We are seeking urgent clarification from the Egyptian authorities in respect of the next hearing date," said Mr Flanagan.
"I want to reaffirm to Ibrahim, his family and his friends of my own and the government's ongoing commitment to secure his return to Ireland as soon as possible and to ensure his welfare during his detention," he said.
Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who shared a cell with Mr Halawa for a time, tweeted: "There can be no justification for yet another adjournment in this trial. This is imprisonment by administrative neglect."
Ibrahim Halawa, from Dublin, is the son of Ireland's most senior Muslim cleric.
Three of his sisters were also arrested at the Al-Fath mosque, but were later released on bail.
The family say they were on holiday at the time and had sought refuge in the mosque to escape the violence outside.
They deny claims that Ibrahim Halawa is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is Egypt's oldest and largest Islamist organisation.


The Co-operative Group will be left with only a tiny stake in the Co-op Bank after shareholders approved a £700m rescue package on Monday.

The bank will be largely owned by five US hedge funds in a deal that saves the lender from being wound up.
Campaigners said they hoped the bank would retain its ethical stance despite losing the Co-op as a major backer.
The Co-op Group's stake will be cut from 20% to 1%, having already sold off a major chunk four years ago.
The bank, which has four million customers, almost collapsed in 2013, and was bailed out by US hedge funds.
At the start of this year it put itself up for sale but abandoned the process in June.
Instead the bank announced that its existing hedge fund owners would take a bigger stake in the business.
The consortium of US hedge funds agreed to write off £440m of debts and inject £250m in new funds.
Shaun Fensom from the campaign group Save Our Bank said he was "hopeful the bank's special ethical stance will stay".
"There's every indication that the hedge funds - who are only going to be there for a while - understand that the commercial survival of the bank very much relies not only on talking the talk on ethics, but walking the walk as well," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Mr Fensom said the bank arguably would not "stand a chance" if it lost its reputation for ethical business.
"But the incredible loyalty from its customers has shown that doing the right thing on ethics is commercially sound," he added.
The Co-operative Bank was originally set up to provide services to the co-operative movement.
The bank says it is still based on "co-operative values" and supports the UK's co-operative sector. It's ethical policy also means it doesn't provide banking services to some types of organisation such as payday loan and fossil fuel companies.
The rescue package - which was backed by 90% of shareholders on Monday - is expected to go through by the start of September.


Craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog has fallen well short of a £25m target it set for its latest funding round.

The Aberdeenshire-based company announced it had raised £19m in the fourth round of its Equity for Punks crowdfunding scheme.
BrewDog launched the round a year ago in order to expand its business.
It has yet to say whether the shortfall will have an impact on its growth plans, which include expanding its brewery in Ellon and opening new bars.
The fourth round closed on Wednesday but BrewDog said it would still accept paper applications until 29 April.
The Ellon-based company has raised more than £26m since launching its first crowdfunding round in 2009.
On its website, BrewDog describes Equity for Punks IV scheme as "the biggest equity crowdfunding campaign ever seen".
Crowdfunding involves companies raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
The craft brewer is set to launch a further round of crowdfunding, to help fund a major expansion in the US.
It plans to replicate the success of its Equity for Punks scheme in the UK by turning to US residents for backing.
Cash raised from the American scheme, to be launched next month, will in part be used to open a new US brewery in Ohio.
BrewDog has estimated the initial costs of establishing the base and a network of BrewDog "brewpubs" across the country at about $25m (£17.3m).