Education. Education. Education. The opening lines of ten years of spin, let downs and failed policy from New Labour. A report published by Civitas today confirms that whilst this government has talked about education and pumped a load of…

The HIPs saga rumbles on. The latest is the news that the government may well be getting sued over the whole matter. That is to say, we are going to have pay for their incompetence if legal action goes ahead - because there is no chance…

**Government  ** Councils will be told this week to think twice before paying to translate documents into foreign languages and supporting community groups that serve a single ethnic minority. The government-appointed Commission on…

Government A £500,000 fund is today being awarded to innovative schemes to tackle youth homelessness, ranging from crash pads for teenagers to supported lodgings and a text message service offering housing options. Housing Minister Yvette…

**Government ** The Department of Trade and Industry has rejected a minister's suggestion that paid paternity leave should be doubled.  Beverley Hughes advanced the suggestion in what her department said was her capacity as an MP and not a…

Government Police are not allowed to take fingerprints or DNA samples from terrorism suspects held under control orders because of a loophole in antiterrorism laws, it emerged yesterday. The Home Office said the failure was the result of an…

I went to listen to a talk by Boris Johnson last night out in Berkshire at an independent school.  The TV personality and occasional shadow spokesman for higher education did not disappoint and also inadvertently answered a question Picking…

Rather brilliantly, Mayor Ken Livingstone has come out and publicly said that the London-based LIVE agency that made the 2012 logo film that has been causing epileptic fits should not be paid. It is rumoured that he hates the logo and…

Government Patricia Hewitt was accused yesterday of aggravating regional inequalities in NHS care to meet her promise to stem health service deficits in the last financial year. The Health Secretary faced a barrage of criticism from…

Government The home secretary has promised the government will make an unprecedented attempt to reach parliamentary consensus before it brings forward new anti-terrorism laws. On the most controversial issue, whether to extend the period…

As predicted, yesterday was a bad day for Patricia Hewitt - admittedly it didn't take Mystic Meg to predict that one, though!  However, it is hard to have any sympathy with her; she is heading a department that is spinning a genuinely bad…