The Budget promised short-term action and long-term thinking. But it will struggle to deliver noticeable change in the time ...

In Burnley, honest shopkeepers are being asked to compete with traders who simply ignore the law. Illicit tobacco and illegal ...

Two decades later, the colleague – who quickly became a friend – and I were reunited through the All-Party Parliamentary ...

The recent publication of the Procedure Committee report on Written Parliamentary Questions in September has thrust a comparatively little-known ...

The government is holding talks with Labour MPs from former mining seats to reach an agreement on transferring pension funds.

The Government wants the UK to become the world’s leading “innovation nation”. But that ambition will remain a slogan unless ...

Britain’s recent history has been marked by a hollowing out of our ability to provide the foundations of a dignified and ...

The Health Bill, currently being scrutinised in the House of Lords, would allow ministers to determine which specialised ...

NRS has appointed UK supply-chain company Aureos to deliver the next major phase of decommissioning at Dungeness A in Kent, paving the way for the ...

The proposed tax on international students will cost universities up to £1bn over three years, more than originally forecast, the government has ...

There is fury among Labour MPs from mining seats on the eve of the Budget over government plans to renege on a promise to ...

The government will have to make 'difficult decisions' at next year's Spending Review to stick to its fiscal ...