Tory group backs new flight tax
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Higher taxes on short haul flights and "gas guzzling" cars are recommended by the Tories' policy review group.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown backs substantially increasing taxes on air travel, and gas guzzling cars, a newspaper has reported.
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Work and Pension Secretary Peter Hain is given unanimous backing  from his local party amid the donations row.
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The Left&#39;s displeasure notwithstanding, the Centre plans to go ahead with its plans of allowing more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in key sectors, including aviation.
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Travel: Â· Passengers could pay Â£50 more, says watchdog Â· Airline aims to price bags out of aircraft holds
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Tory leader Michael Howard calls for a strict annual limit to be placed on the number of immigrants allowed into Britain.
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The Tories reveal plans for a series of green taxes on flights aimed at tackling climate change.
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Â· Civil liberties activists condemn proposalÂ· Conservatives back other counter-terror measures
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A Tory MP calls for change in law after illegal migrants are told to make their own way to an immigration centre.
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Taxes and benefits must be reformed to strengthen married life and halt the &quot;family breakdown&quot; that is costing Britian 102 billion pounds per year, a Conservative think-tank said Tuesday.
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Four airline unions yesterday took the government to task over the additional Lm10 tax hike on air travel announced in last week's budget speech, warning that the measure would dent the number of departing ...
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Smaller schools and scrapping AS-levels are among the proposals from a Tory working group.
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A tax rebate is at the center of a plan to stimulate a flagging economy.
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The Conservatives plan to introduce a carbon tax on British businesses to encourage fewer emissions.
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The Tory leader defends his plans for an  annual limit on immigrants and denies it is a bid to shore-up his party's core support.
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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched.
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Low-cost airline easyJet called on Tuesday for the government to scrap airport taxes on passengers and replace them with taxes on aircraft that penalize the heaviest polluters. EasyJet Chief Executive Andy Harrison told reporters at a briefing at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London that there were roughly 15 types of passenger aircraft, and the system should be banded to take account of their fuel efficiency.