With the Queen's Speech just two weeks away it's becoming increasingly unlikely that the Coalition government will keep their promise to enshrine 0.7% of GNI on international aid.

Those of us in the development sector saw this as an opportunity to refocus the debate on how effective we could...

Here's my dilemma - I'd like to poke Anne Widdecombe in the eye for being so ridiculously stupid. My problem is that I'm not sure what for, for being so unbelievably naive or for treating her readers with the contempt that only a small number of them deserve.

Anne's article...

It's a reality most football fans don't want to face, but for Coventry City fans the realisation needs to come fast -football is a business first and any notion that it's somehow different is a romantic fantasy. Modern football is about good business and Coventry City FC is a business...

The situation is dire, we all know that. The media coverage is painstakingly negative - no money and no jobs. Europe is collapsing, America's debt is at record levels, people are rioting (young people are to blame of course) and cuts are deepening to the very services that hold our...

In August the South African government bailed out the small Kingdom of Swaziland to the alarming tune of R2.4b after the landlocked country lost a third of its revenue from a regional customs union. Most South Africans were bemused at propping up the undemocratic kingdom ruled by a man with...