The government is right to suggest some compromise on the issue of prisoners' voting rights and sensible MPs should support this.
An unnamed former British Prime Minister has been linked to a "powerful paedophile ring" following a bombshell question during PMQs. Tom Watson, wh...
There needs to be a much more detailed and transparent vision of Scotland made available in order for the Scottish electorate to determine whether independence is the best option for Scotland.
The Minister for Rural Affairs has had an incredible year for ill thought-out policy u-turns.
IMF economists have finally acknowledged what politicians have long denied. They have shown that austerity policies implemented by politicians and demanded by financial markets are severely damaging to what economists define as 'growth'. Ultimately, argues the IMF, these policies are self-defeating. As most thinking people now recognise, rather than repairing the broken and bankrupt economies of the world, austerity is making matters worse.
Dramatic polling movements make for bold headlines, but are not always right
What if these companies were to invest the equivalent amount of Corporation Tax they are saving, by supporting those start ups which at present cannot raise funding?
Eight years ago Burlington Danes was failing and put into special measures. Now, under the remarkably performance-focused leadership of Sally Coates, results are rocketing and last year it was nominated for the TES "Outstanding School of the Year" award.
Fallen media mogul and, more recently, convicted fraudster Conrad Black engaged in a bitter, cynical and candid interview with Jeremy Paxman on Monday...
Two MSPs have quit the SNP in opposition to the party's new support for Nato, it has been confirmed. John Finnie and Jean Urquhart were among eight...
Consistent academic reports on the benefits of immigration have failed, over the history of the post-war political arrangement, in almost every liberal democracy, to produce a significant shift in public opinion.
The energy companies deserve criticism; their tariffs are almost as confusing as the government's policies. But they are also a distraction. What's driven up consumer bills is the price of gas. If the prime minister wants to stabilise them, he'll need to stand up to his Chancellor, not just the utilities.
Romney is terminally stained by the awkward perfume of elitism, something Cameron is and always has been trying desperately to run away from
It may be 30 years too late, but Michael Gove issued a heartfelt apology to his former French teacher today for misbehaving in class. In an open le...
David Cameron has insisted that he will keep focusing on the "big picture" amid accusations that Downing Street is losing its grip. The prime minis...
The fear of crime blights society more than actual crime. Putting images of violent crimes into people's homes to try to get them interested in the police commissioners elections will only increase that fear.
We got into this mess through financial engineering and manipulation for individual profit. Maybe it's time we considered some more manipulation, this time for the benefit of everyone and not a greedy few.
Setting a budget is a difficult exercise at the best of times. Even when money is plentiful, it is never unlimited, so tough choices have to be made. Now imagine 27 countries, all with their own of difficulties and preferences, having to decide about billions of euros for a seven-year period in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since the great depression.
As Cameron's 2006 'hug a hoodie' speech really understood, it the fight against crime we need a whole raft of organisations working on prevention and rehabilitation.
Politics needs the press. The press needs politics. Such a marriage is essential, however, when one cheats, the other seeks revenge.
The nation could go the way of the parish and Great Britain could become a prototype for states across the world.
For those, like myself, who want to see Scotland take its place amongst that community of nations that is Europe, these are challenging times that demand real leadership.
The dire position of Britain with regard to social mobility is being worsened with time, deepening and entrenching divisions, and diminishing equality of opportunity for all. For Britain to succeed economically our politicians should be striving to improve our position and not make it worse.
I know times are hard, and there is a push to cut spending on all but the most vital of projects, but perhaps a new PR whiz would be a good investment for the coalition. Someone who could persuade them against snatching defeat from the jaws of success.
The Security Council is the most prestigious of the UN's organs, charged with upholding the core value of the charter ("to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war"), yet clearly its current form is beyond broken, its composition a farce.
