What makes Gordon Brown think that he can effectively steal? He is set to launch an initiative to raid dormant accounts to raise £300m. OK, the money will be put to what the Lottery commission believe are "good causes", but I still don't…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 Fathers will be allowed a half share of their partner's year-long maternity leave, the Government said yesterday as it set out new proposals to boost the role of dads. Under the plan, a woman entitled to 12 months off work after…

**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…