Including, only a third of married couples will actually gain, it discriminates against single parents and it reduces work incentives.

With George Osborne determined to avoid further tax rises, patient charges will be the only way to solve the health funding crisis.

Continuing their series on the Coalition's secret cuts, Alan White and Kate Belgrave find out how the introduction of the "bedroom tax" is affecting people's lives.

A deal was done between the Chancellor and the Defence Secretary to settle the Ministry of Defence's budget for 2015-16 late on Saturday night.

Labour should consider the non-renewal of the trident nuclear weapons system as part of its future defence and security policy, writes Nick Brown.

Bills to privatise the BBC, restore the death penalty, ban the burqa, leave the EU and introduce Margaret Thatcher Day are among the 40 proposed by Tory MPs.

A bad day for UKIP as Farage's tax avoidance is exposed and the party loses its deposit in the Aberdeen Donside by-election.

After the knighting of Andrew Stunnell, the party now has seven knights and seven women MPs.

Without further welfare cuts or tax rises, the next government will have to cut departmental spending 50% faster.

The new governor of the Bank of England, the Canadian Mark Carney, has been hailed as the saviour of the British economy. But who is he – and is his record that good?

With no end to austerity in sight, both parties take comfort in the thought that their opponents will choke on victory.

Having previously briefed that Osborne was planning a pre-election give-away of shares, the Tories changed tack after Balls's intervention.

After being surprised by Cameron's commitment to banking reform, the Labour leader struggled to regain his poise.

The new report from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards busts the myth that pay has fallen since the crash.