Government   The Government is severely criticised today by a Labour-dominated Commons committee for failing to back its own inquiry on A-level and GCSE reform. MPs on the Education Select Committee say exam reforms would be "more coherent…

Ahh!  You couldn't make this one up.  Home Improvement Packs.  The Tories have tried to stop them.  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has tried to stop them.  In fact the whole property industry pretty much has tried to stop them…

The Willetts speech on education is causing waves in Tory circles, as they vie with each other for who has the best idea for the standard (or perhaps two-model) offering that should be provided to other people's children. It's yet another…

Government   Gordon Brown has officially accepted the Labour leadership after it was revealed his only rival did not have enough support from the parliamentary party to stand.  Ruth Kelly has launched a curriculum promoting citizenship…

Government Plans to revolutionise house sales were thrown into chaos last night by the prospect of a last-minute legal challenge to controversial home information packs. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said it was…

Government The Police Service has a crucial role to play in meeting the challenges of 21st century security, Home Secretary John Reid said today. Speaking at the Police Federation annual conference in Blackpool, the Home Secretary…

Yesterday I asked the question, was the DoH decision to scrap the NHS online recruitment system a belated good decision or the only option left? Andrew Rowland, vice-chairman of the BMA's junior doctors committee, rather surprisingly…

With just a couple of weeks to go before the introduction of the Home Improvement Packs, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has thrown a spanner in to the Government's works.  Fearing a housing market crash from the…

A slender majority of people wanted to see the NHS retain political control by the government. Maybe a poll asking whether the NHS should be taken away from nationalisation completely would have produced a different result? One for the…

**Government ** A new government scheme could see abandoned public buildings sold to community groups for as little as £1 in an attempt to revive local facilities. The properties would include unused pubs, schools and police stations, as…

If ever proof were needed that the more the government intervene the more damage they actually do here it is. The government think that the best way to improve policing is tell the policemen exactly how to their job. This has led to…

An interesting stat in today's Times: NHS funding has leapt from £35 billion when Labour took office to £92 billion in 2007-08. On the surface, I think most people would look at the basic piece of information and say well done New Labour…