Ministers 'naive' over phone-taps
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The government is accused of naivety over its refusal to allow phone-tap evidence in court.
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An MP allegedly bugged by police while meeting a constituent in prison says he wants to know the truth.
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A British government minister may have thought he was keeping up with modern trends when he put a draft policy on the Internet, but was soon left red-faced when hundreds of pranksters defaced it.
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Â· Women underestimate dangers, ministers believeÂ· Evidence in support of ban may be uncertain
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Thwarted so far in his attempts to clamp down on mobile telephone use among deputies, the speaker of the Italian parliament has hit upon a sophisticated way of getting tough, a weekly newspaper reported.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The government's woes are not all self-inflicted. The party has too long ignored how Cameron's messages are playing
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Britain's top police officer is calling for phone-tap evidence to be used in court cases involving terror suspects.
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Ministers play down speculation Tony Blair could be offered the job of president of the European Council.
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One of Britain's most senior cabinet ministers, Home Secretary David Blunkett, sought to defuse a row over claims he abused his authority to help get a visa for his former lover's nanny, calling for an independent inquiry into the allegations.
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A British Cabinet minister apologized on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government for relying on faulty intelligence in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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One of Britain's top government  ministers, under fire over allegations he fast-tracked a visa  for his former lover's nanny, may have made a fatal mistake --  breaking into song.
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HELSINKI, Oct 19 (IPS) - Anyone with a mobile phone can call a radio station  in Ghana now to question a government minister about the promises  he made election time.
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Ministers have been "playing catch-up" with public opinion after the tsunami disaster, says Charles Kennedy.
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MI5, GCHQ bemoan 'biggest change since telephones' The head of the UK government's secret electronic spying and codebreaking agency, GCHQ, has said that his organisation's ability to intercept conversations and messages is seriously undermined by internet-protocol (IP) communications. The digital spook's comments may come as a blow to British and European politicians who have sworn to eradicate terrorism from the internet.â¦
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Tory leader calls for less paperwork in an apparent attempt to upstage government announcement
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: Ministers are afraid to assert the principles that underpin the wider contract between efficiency and fairness
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Numbers of people using hand-held mobile phones is believed to be rising again in spite of tough new legislation.