Traditional media continues to carry its fight to the blogosphere. BBC Newsnight have added to their Book Club -The Cult of the Amateur- by Andrew Keen. It was "debated" on tonight's programme. His thesis is that information used to be…

Government Drastic cost-cutting ordered by the Government across the NHS has derailed its flagship policy to ensure that no patient waits longer than 18 weeks for hospital treatment. A leaked e-mail seen by The Times reveals that the…

What better reason could there be to top up your glass (and make it a big one), than that the Government and the BMA want to "crackdown on middle class wine drinkers". Some people damage their health by drinking too much, so of course it is…

More trouble for the extraordinarily expensive Olympic marketing efforts. The promotional video, jazzed up (or barfed over, depending on your point of view) with animated figures based on our fantastic logo, has been causing epileptic…

It looks like the government have been caught out over plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport.  Incredibly, the Times is reporting that The Department for Transport has secretly passed key information supporting the expansion of…

"-Political meddling has brought the NHS to its knees-." So says Jonathan Fielden, chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants committee. "-We are angry with the government for a woeful dereliction of duty - towards patients…

Government Today's publication of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill marks the next stage of the Government's fundamental reform of the system of child maintenance. The reforms will: replace the Child Support Agency with the…

Shock tactics to get your attention. I know it sounds unlikely. But really, he is. He is calling for a "new framework" to replace the Kyoto Treaty (which comes to an end in 2012). David Miliband helpfully clarified on Radio 4's -The World…

The result of last week poll deemed, not surprisingly, that the NHS online recruitment system was the biggest loser of the post-Blair, pre-Brown era. Expect Patricia Hewitt to be shown the door when Brown announces his first cabinet; she…

**Government ** The government has unveiled measures to tackle binge drinking as part of its new alcohol strategy. Tuesday's plans focus on underage alcohol consumption, and include an independent review of the link between alcohol…

The Commons public accounts select committee has published a damning report on the state of the Government's IT projects stating that the government is losing its grip on them. Rather worryingly, one in five has been rated "mission critical…

Government Ministers are failing to keep a grip on Government computer projects that cost the taxpayer up to £14 billion a year, a report by MPs warns today. Senior officials running many of Whitehall's most "mission critical" IT schemes…