MPs approve ID cards
News Article 20 December 2004
The government's proposals for national identity cards were approved by the Commons last night.
Clarke and Howard face ID card rebellions
Press Review 20 December 2004
Identity card rebels on both Labour and Tory benches will give their leaders trouble when the measure is debated today.
Ministers announce Christmas drink crackdown
News Article 17 December 2004
Festive binge drinkers are to be targeted in a new government drive to target anti-social behaviour
Straw attacks law lords' terror ruling
News Article 17 December 2004
The law lords ruling that foreign detainees suspected of terror links were being held arbitrarily was "simply wrong", Jack Straw has said.
Law lords condemn terror measures
Press Review 17 December 2004
Charles Clarke suffered a massive setback on his first full day as home secretary on Thursday after the law lords dismantled the government's flagship anti-terror measures.
Kennedy warns of identity card crisis
News Article 15 December 2004
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has raised concerns about ID cards.
Tories to back ID cards
Press Review 14 December 2004
The Conservatives have announced that they will back government plans to introduce identity cards.
New knife curbs on under-18s
Press Review 13 December 2004
The government is to publish proposals this week which would ban those aged under 18 from buying knives.
Field outlines plan to beat yobs
Press Review 10 December 2004
Labour MP Frank Field has said Britain is moving from the "politics of class to the politics of behaviour".
Rights watchdog attacks 'immoral' ministers
News Article 10 December 2004
An "immoral" government has undermined human rights in Northern Ireland and is threatening to do the same across the rest of the UK, an official watchdog has warned.
Brice Dickson - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Interview 10 December 2004
Professor Brice Dickson, chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, talks to ePolitix.com about human rights in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
PM joins Blunkett in targeting teenage drinking
News Article 9 December 2004
Tony Blair and David Blunkett have committed the government to tackling under age drinking.
Field slams Labour over yob culture
Press Review 9 December 2004
Former Labour minister Frank Field has claimed the government's policy of encouraging mothers with young children to work is one reason for the rise of yobbish behaviour.
Blair considers home defence law
Press Review 9 December 2004
The prime minister has signalled he is likely to support moves to allow homeowners more leeway in using force against intruders.
Blunkett under pressure over religious crime
Press Review 8 December 2004
David Blunkett is facing a growing revolt from both sides of the House of Commons over plans to make incitement to religious hatred a crime.
