A sub-committee of a pre-Norman institution will discuss a medieval legal instrument on Wednesday, in the hope of using it to regulate a modern newspaper industry....
Conservative MP Richard Benyon has left his role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) amid the cabinet reshuffle, with George Eustice in...
Seven of the biggest campaign groups in the UK have criticised the three main political parties for failing to implement strong and coherent policies that will...
The pithily titled Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration bill sees the coalition government attempting to silence perceived and actual criticism during general...
With 632 days until the next general election, parties are hiring US and Australian election strategists while looking at the message they will take to a...
Over the last two days, we’ve explored the results of a fascinating online project conducted during the 2010 general election that let people vote for policies...
Yesterday, we covered a poll developed before the 2010 general election by digital consultant Matt Chocqueel-Mangan, which measured support for policies rather than parties, generated over...
We recently spotted a link to a site called Vote for Policies that tested policy preference during the 2010 general election. With 92 weeks to go until...
The payday loan industry, which includes Wonga, PaydayUK and QuickQuid, is worth £2 billion and is now subject to an inquiry by the competition commission. Concerns...
The parliamentary commission on banking standards’ latest report is a bit like reading the first part of The Lord of the Rings. There is incredibly dramatic and beautiful...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...
Conservative MP Tim Yeo, who recently led a campaign to include a decarbonisation target in the energy bill, has temporarily stood aside as chair of the...
The headline for this piece is taken from a Daily Telegraph article from Wednesday. We imagine our readers will either be horrified or rejoice at the...
MPs must vote in favour of a decarbonisation target when the energy bill passes through parliament on Tuesday, knowing that the failure to do so would...
News broke recently that Amazon pays just £2.4m tax on £4.2 billion sales. Meanwhile, the public accounts committee hauled Google in to explain its tax position....