Former British interior minister Reid to quit as MP
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John Reid, Britain&#39;s former home secretary who was often parachuted into difficult jobs by then prime minister Tony Blair, is to step down as a member of parliament at the next general election, he said Saturday.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett is expected to quit on Wednesday, BBC political editor Andrew Marr has said. The news comes amid claims he misused his office to fast-track a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny.
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BOISE, Idaho  - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and finding little support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  step down on July 26 after quitting as Labor Party leader on  May 31 next year, the Sun newspaper reports in its Wednesday  edition.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo's interior minister resigned on Monday over the deaths of two protesters in clashes between police and ethnic Albanians demonstrating against a UN plan for the breakaway province.
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The leader of Australia's opposition Labor Party announced Tuesday he will quit politics because of ill health.
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A cabinet minister embroiled in the messy fallout of an affair with a married woman resigned Wednesday, his department said.
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Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller is to quit her post as head of MI5, the nation's security service.
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Celebrity politician Robert Kilroy-Silk  walked out of Britain's most strident anti-European party on  Thursday after months of bickering over his leadership  ambitions.
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Veteran Labour MP and ex-Cabinet minister Jack Cunningham says he will stand down at the election.
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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announces he is to stand down as an MP at the next general election.
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David Blunkett has quit as home secretary following allegations he abused his position.
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Senior British government minister David Blunkett, a trusted ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, resigned on Wednesday, a government official confirmed.
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LONDON: British Pensions Minister Andrew Smith resigned from the government yesterday, setting Prime Minister Tony Blair on course for a government reshuffle.
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Senior British government minister David  Blunkett, a trusted ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, resigned  on Wednesday, a government official confirmed.
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Armed forces minister Adam Ingram quits the government after six years at the Ministry of Defence.
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Top British government minister David  Blunkett resigned on Wednesday over a charge of abuse of  office, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blair's  government months before an expected general election.