BBC News | UK News | UK Politics | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Straw: 'End excessive spending'- June 16, 2008 Jack Straw proposes plans to beef up the Electoral Commission's powers to tackle "excessive" spending by parties.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7457201.stm Give Ireland time, says Brown- June 16, 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown says EU leaders should give Ireland "time to reflect" on their EU treaty vote.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7456731.stm 'No quick fix' to Irish No vote- June 16, 2008 Foreign ministers gather for talks on how to respond to the Irish rejection of the EU treaty.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7455955.stm Youth chief urges cut in custody- June 16, 2008 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales' head urges courts to make more use of community penalties.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7455912.stm |