Government   Ministers are planning new powers to detain terror suspects for longer before charge, and to allow the police to question them after they are charged. In an interview in the Guardian newspaper Lord Goldsmith said the government…

**Government  ** A £17bn overhaul of the London tube is under threat after a shareholder in the project said the operation's finances were "under increasing pressure". The crisis in the public-private partnership (PPP) contract to renew the…

Following on from yesterday's post about the Iron Chancellor's historic decisions coming back to bite us all, it appears (though this has been no secret) that the PPP investment in to the London Underground has been as disaster. Gordon…

I've just picked up this story for Recess Monkey and also ananova.com. Opposition Greater Romania Party MP Corneliu Bichinet has come up with one of the most sensible and amusing policy plans for keeping Romanian MPs in check - and I am…

A new report published today has shown what we already knew - the government has failed on its drug policy. It seems that the more the government has intervened, the worse the problem has got. "-The prices of the principal drugs in Britain…

The time is drawing nearer and nearer where Tony will have to finally announce he is stepping down and the long, long awaiting "-leadership contest-" can finally begin. Since the Labour conference last year where Blair had them screaming in…

Government   Tax dodgers who kept their money in Britain are to get a similar amnesty to those who hid money offshore. A long-awaited deal unveiled on Tuesday offers a reduced penalty to anyone who comes clean over unpaid tax. People who…

Government   Immigration Minister Liam Byrne, today unveiled the timetable for introducing the UK's tough new Australian-style points based system for migration, during a fact finding visit to Sydney. According to GNN, the new scheme, which…

**Government  ** Gordon Brown faces an unprecedented vote of no confidence in the Commons today over his handling of the pensions crisis. While the Conservative motion is certain to be voted down by Labour MPs, the Tories said it would be…

I haven't mentioned the NHS for a while, but it was always going to come back. So here goes - the National Health Service's £12.4 billion national computer system. It's not a particularly new story, but confirmation of what we all feared…

Government   Tony Blair has urged his successor to retain his "unique foreign policy" in order to maintain international influence. At his monthly press conference on Tuesday, the prime minister unveiled his policy review on 'Britain in the…