LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Labour Party is 2 points ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives before a national election on May 7, according to a Populus Poll published in the Financial Times on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - A 14-year-old British boy has been arrested in connection with an alleged Islamic State-linked plot to attack a World War One commemorative event in Australia this week, police said on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The prospect of Scottish Nationalists holding sway over a minority Labour government is "frightening", Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday, as polls suggested deadlock 18 days before an election.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The British government dismissed a newspaper report on Friday that said its commitment to spend 0.7 percent of national income on overseas aid meant it had squandered cash on overpaid contractors.

LONDON (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) has fined CWT Commodities 100,000 pounds ($149,310) for violations of so-called "Chinese Wall" restrictions in its warehousing policy.

LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the opposition Labour Party's Scottish arm could lose his own parliamentary seat to the Scottish National Party (SNP) in a general election on May 7, according to a poll published on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - A former UK broker on Friday pleaded not guilty in a London court to a criminal charge he conspired to manipulate Libor benchmark interest rates.

GLASGOW/LONDON (Reuters) - In Scotland's biggest city, nationalists have triggered a once-in-a-century shift in political loyalties that could dash Labour leader Ed Miliband's dreams of winning the May 7 election and thrust secessionist 'kingmakers' to the heart of British power.

LINCOLN, England (Reuters) - Britain's opposition leader Ed Miliband on Friday accused Conservative Prime Minster David Cameron of trying to "duck, weave and dive" his way into power at a May 7 vote, challenging him to a head-to-head televised debate.