3:25am

Miliband to boost vocational training

Labour leader takes on issue of social mobility

12:33am

Trident renewal contracts to be announced

Timing appears to lay down marker to Liberal Democrats

12:08am

Remember Lockerbie victims, says Cameron

PM refuses to express sympathy for death of convicted bomber

11:54pm

Cameron brushes off EU referendum calls

Demands from Tory right for ‘in-out’ plebiscite

11:21pm

Hilton leaves trail of trouble for PM

Report on cutting employment red tape to be published this week

11:10pm

Doubts aired on welfare-to-work

Providers see risk of missing targets

10:02pm

Jobs plans split coalition partners

Cable vows to resist ‘bonkers’ proposals

5:46pm

Europe’s not so happy referendum history

Voters have often answered in the negative

Aircraft queue up at Heathrow ©PA 3:03pm

Heathrow ‘free to lobby on third runway’

Villiers promises to listen to BAA’s evidence

From UK BUSINESS 12:53am

High prices bring optimism to farming

Profits rose 25% and industry created 10,000 jobs

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:43am

UK embrace alters bank outlook

EBRD’s focus turns to north Africa

From WORLD 11:17pm

Nato seeks orderly Afghanistan exit

Chicago summit to set date for formal pull-out

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:53pm

G8 leaders urge Merkel to boost growth

‘Right measures are not same for each of us’ says statement

From UK BUSINESS 5:22pm

When fortune favours the brave

Britain’s Battlers are finding ways to prosper in a tough climate

From UK BUSINESS 2:44pm

UK moves on cross-border insolvency

Supreme Court decision affects UK courts

May 19, 2012

Posen to step down from Bank of England

MPC’s external member to lead Peterson Institute

May 19, 2012

Revenue rejects £120bn cost of tax dodging

Tax gap of £35bn a year is more realistic, Revenue & Customs says

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 18, 2012

Hollande holds line on tax and troops

French leader reiterates stance in meeting with Cameron

May 18, 2012

Insurers face rise in deafness claims

Claims related to hearing loss rose 25% in 2011

May 18, 2012

Suu Kyi to give historic speech on London visit

No 10 confirms Myanmar opposition leader visit

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Jim Pickard and Kiran Stacey, FT Westminster correspondents, share the latest news and analysis on the UK's political scene.

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