An SNP-Labour-Green alliance in Scotland has been mooted, to challenge the most damaging aspects of the Westminster government's welfare changes.

A permanent memorial in Parliament Square is among the ideas to celebrate the life of anti-war activist Brian Haw, who died of cancer at the weekend.

Will the five different polls that took place on 5 May 2011 prove to be a watershed for politics in Britain? It depends where you see the axis for change and the key tipping points, says Simon Barrow. There are at least two distinct ways of narrating differential outcomes.

The engagement of UK forces in Libya without prior agreement from MPs has again raised the question of the need for parliamentary approval of military action.