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Miliband says Google tax behaviour 'wrong'

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LONDON - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax.

UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - deputy PM

LONDON - Britain's deputy prime minister on Wednesday took the unusual step of holding a news conference to say the country's two-party coalition would hold together until 2015 as he tried to stabilise a government beset by infighting and rifts.

UK, David Cameron, 22 May 2013

Coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - Clegg

LONDON - Deputy prime minister will take the unusual step of holding a news conference on Wednesday to say the country's two-party coalition will hold together until 2015 as he tries to stabilise a government beset by infighting and rifts.

UK, David Cameron, 22 May 2013

Cameron tells EU rebels to back referendum law

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron ordered rebellious MPs on Thursday to back his plan for a law guaranteeing a vote on Britain's European Union membership as he sought shore up his party, his leadership and the coalition.

UK, David Cameron, 16 May 2013

Jailed former minister Huhne released from prison

LONDON - Former energy minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released early from prison on Monday, just two months after being jailed for lying to police about a speeding offence.

UK, 13 May 2013

UKIP shakes Conservatives in local vote

LONDON - The anti-European Union UK Independence Party made sweeping gains in local elections, siphoning support from British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that exposed a threat to his re-election chances in 2015.

UK, David Cameron, 03 May 2013

Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth

LONDON - Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. | Video

UK, Business, David Cameron, 25 Apr 2013

"Snoopers' charter" won't happen, says Clegg

LONDON - Deputy prime minister on Thursday ruled out plans to allow police and spy agencies access to details of people's Internet use, dubbed a "snoopers charter", threatening division in the coalition government over security and civil liberties.

David Cameron, UK 25 Apr 2013

BBC blasted for compromise over Thatcher's "Witch" song

LONDON - Britain's public broadcaster came under fire on Friday for compromising over the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" that was sent flying up the UK charts by a campaign to celebrate former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's death.

Cameron says Thatcher made Britain great, others snub her

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered an emotional tribute to Margaret Thatcher in parliament on Wednesday, but political opponents boycotted the debate on her legacy, underlining how divisive a figure she remains even in death.

UK, David Cameron, 11 Apr 2013