Darling announces banking shake-up
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling announces new High Street banks in the UK.

Sopel on Sunday: clips of the day
Jon's pick of today's political broadcasting, with an interesting post-script.

The battleground of Stourbridge
Reporter David Thompson is using Stourbridge as a general election barometer.

Truss turmoil fires blogging row
A Tory A-list parliamentary candidate will face a full de-selection meeting, after she failed to tell party members in SW Norfolk of an affair she had with a Conservative MP.

Debates over Alternative Voting
MP believes calculations on people's second and third preferences 'do not add up'.

Vote: The biggest waste in London
What do you think is the biggest waste of public money in London? Vote now.

Regional Dis-Assembly
Could John Prescott's idea of a Regional Assembly for the North East ever be revived? Richard Moss, political editor for the North East and Cumbria, does not think so.

Manx feel short changed over VAT
Change in revenue sharing leaves Isle of Man with a £140m hole in its budget.

Youth Parliament meets in Commons
The UK Youth Parliament is taking its message to Westminster in an historic Commons session.

Fuel poverty levels increasing
New figures reveal fuel poverty in the south east region is 'getting worse'.

Pub campaigners plan new protest
Campaigners fighting for a new deal for pub landlords plan a peaceful protest in London next month.

Bristol's hot political football
Plans for a new supermarket and sports stadium in south Bristol have caused controversy across the city. Bristol City FC wants a foodstore on its old stadium site.

Wind farm buffer zones proposed
One of our region's MPs says new laws need to be brought before parliament to set a limit on how close wind turbines can be built to people's homes.

Councils share boss to save cash
Two local authorities in North Yorkshire are sharing a chief executive and looking to merge other services in order to save money.

Rural areas 'hit hard by strike'
Rural and small businesses set to be 'hardest hit' by postal strike.

Warning over student loan changes
There is a warning of chaos over student loan payments if centralisation in Wales goes ahead.

Mallon - 'SDLP needs to change'
A new leader will have to turn around the SDLP's electoral slide.