4:02pm

Activists intervene in Shell lawsuit

Human rights activists challenge governments

1:54pm

Culture secretary to face investigation

Jeremy Hunt will be quizzed over BSkyB event

10:49am

Jobs report slams flexible leave plans

Recommends delay until economy has recovered

9:08am

Remember Lockerbie victims, says Cameron

PM refuses to express sympathy for death of convicted bomber

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

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

From UK BUSINESS 7:25pm

Cameron steps back from labour law idea

Beecroft recommendation would split coalition

From COMPANIES 12:58pm

EU warns Google to change or face fines

Almunia outlines antitrust case against search engine

From COMMENT 6:02am

It’s OK, the roots are not severed

From Mr Mark Burges Watson. Sir, Martin Wolf is entirely wrong in his analysis ‘Cameron is consigning the UK to stagnation’

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 COMPANIES 7:36pm

Birmingham bids for clinical drug trials

Hospital aims to attract pharma groups

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 20, 2012

G8 leaders urge Merkel to boost growth

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

May 20, 2012

Europe’s not so happy referendum history

Voters have often answered in the negative

From UK BUSINESS May 20, 2012

When fortune favours the brave

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

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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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