What's a Zebra crossing?
Is there anything more insignificant than a local non government department? Of course - it's the nonsense these jobsworths come out with. And the Kent Highway Services are no exception! If you've ever wondered what those black and white…
Policy Announcements, Friday 23 February
Government The UK and US have held high level talks on the possibility of putting a "Son of Star Wars" anti-ballistic missile defence system on British soil. An article in The Economist claims Prime Minister Tony Blair has lobbied President…
None for the price of two
We appear to have a Government in paralysis, two leaders - neither of whom are in control - a lame duck and an impending coronation of a new PM after an election pledge by Blair to serve a full term. The latest piece of ego building by…
Review of the Papers, Friday 23 February
Government Standards are improving in Tony Blair's controversial city academies, but pupils are still not grasping the three Rs, Whitehall's spending watchdog warns. A National Audit Office report says the £5 billion programme is on track…
Policy Announcements, Thursday 22 February
Government The Treasury has announced that the Budget will be delivered on Wednesday March 21. The Home Secretary announced a three-point plan following a gun crime summit at 10 Downing Street, chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by…
Review of the Papers, Thursday 22 February
Government Britain's scientific research budget is to be cut by almost £100 million to pay for overspending by the Department of Trade and Industry. Despite repeated claims by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that science is the key to the…
How to choose the right course of action
Anyone (other than the specialists who get paid to produce them, or pressure groups and politicians who use them to justify intervention in favour of their special interests) who has looked with a critical eye at the Cost-Benefit Analyses…
Policy Announcements, Wednesday 21 February
The Chief Pharmaceutical Officers from England, Scotland and Wales came together today to reveal plans for historic changes to the regulation of the pharmacy profession. The measures, which form part of the Government White Paper on…
Review of the Papers, Wednesday 21 February
Government The government agency created to seize the assets of criminals is condemned today as a mess, having spent £65 million on collecting only £23 million. The Assets Recovery Agency has received 700 files linked to £274 million. But…