Britons have been indulging in a bout of self-flagellation over our bottom-ranking in a recent UNICEF report on childhood well-being. Each person, of course, chooses to blame the result on their personal -bête noire-. No doubt there are…

Government Home Secretary John Reid announced that he has commissioned another two new prisons to manage the growing prison population and protect the public from dangerous and persistent offenders. Speaking at the first prison he has…

Plans to shake up the way the government combats terrorism have been put on ice until Tony Blair leaves Downing Street, senior Whitehall officials said yesterday. The prime minister was sent proposals before Christmas by John Reid, the home…

Government The Prime Minister and Minister for Higher Education Bill Rammell announced a substantial boost to help increase voluntary giving to English Higher Education providers, making them more financially independent. The government is…

Everyone in the energy industry knew that last year's Energy Review was a fix. Now a judge has recognised it too, and told the Government to consult properly on the nuclear issue. Labour have such contempt for the public that they couldn't…

Rather a big question for a blog posting. This is not going to provide an answer, but a couple of observations. Trying to measure inflation objectively by means of indices is nearly impossible. Take wage inflation, often seen as one of the…

Plans to mark the 60th birthday of the NHS next year by formalising its core values in a written constitution are to be put to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown by Andy Burnham, the health minister responsible for NHS reform. In an interview in…