New Posts to BBC News - Politics on Nov 8, 2013:
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1) Bank's Help to Buy role questioned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24864833#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An influential committee of MPs asks the Bank of England to clarify its role in policing the Help to Buy scheme amid fears of a property bubble.
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2) Guardian to face MPs over NSA leaks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24876725#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger is to be questioned by MPs over the newspaper's publication of leaks by ex-US security contractor Edward Snowden.
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3) Tory MPs rally behind EU vote plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24859102#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Conservative MPs rally behind a bill promising an EU referendum by 2017 as Labour MPs try to derail it during a five-hour debate in the Commons.
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4) Ministers to re-examine Living Fund
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24870493#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ministers will not be seeking leave to appeal after a decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund was overturned but will re-consider its future.
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5) Broadcaster John Cole dies aged 85
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24867047#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Former BBC political editor John Cole has died aged 85, his family says
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6) Cut royal travel budget says peer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24870487#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Labour peer Lord Berkeley calls for cut to royal travel budget - and for wealth generated by Prince Charles's private estate to be handed to the people of Cornwall.
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7) Iran talks to resume for third day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24870469#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Talks in Geneva on Iran's nuclear programme are to resume on Saturday, as President Obama telephones the Israeli PM to allay fears over any deal.
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8) Claims for riot damage face overhaul
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24863227#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An independent review recommends a series of changes to the Riot Damages Act in the wake of the England riots of 2011.
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9) VIDEO: Pubs to open longer through World Cup?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The time difference between the UK and Brazil means most pubs should be closing their doors when England play in the World Cup, with some Group C games starting at 11pm British time.
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10) VIDEO: Cameron on 'BBC titan' John Cole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24874426#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The prime minister has paid tribute to the former BBC political editor John Cole, who has died aged 85.
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11) VIDEO: Thatcher 'goes straight to John Cole'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24868902#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The stature of the late BBC political editor John Cole was so great that Margaret Thatcher went straight to him when speaking after the Brighton bombing, said his friend and former colleague Nicholas Jones.
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12) VIDEO: McGowan imitates economist Schumacher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862745#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Impressionist Alistair McGowan headed to the allotments to explain why his favourite thinker is the green economist E F Schumacher, best known for his 1973 book Small Is Beautiful.
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13) VIDEO: Wharton: Tories 'disciplined and focussed'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862746#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Conservative MP James Wharton said his bill was the "best chance of delivering a referendum" on Britain's membership of the EU.
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14) VIDEO: 'Trendy homes, not enough affordable ones'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862239#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
No politician has got to grips with the "biggest problem of all" said the architect and TV presenter George Clarke.
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15) VIDEO: Mirza: Women not forced to wear burka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862241#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
It is rare to see women in Pakistan to wear the burka or niqab, but British women do so because of the weather, joked Shazia Mirza.
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16) VIDEO: Political week in 60 seconds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24868833#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The political week up to 8 November is reviewed in 60 seconds by David Thompson who looked back over the headlines on the Daily Politics.
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17) Remembering John Cole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24870492#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Why John Cole will live on in all our memories
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18) VIDEO: Letts spies on political week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24862240#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Quentin Letts gets the third degree on the week in politics
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