Slow responses from government departments are undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, according to a transparency group.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne is to be investigated over his expenses claims, the parliamentary standards commissioner has confirmed.
The government's criminal justice policy came under attack from all sides today as it faced numerous reports criticising its priorities, and objections to Jack Straw's decision to prevent Ronnie Biggs' parole.
George Osborne faces investigation by sleaze watchdog: another great headline from the expenses scandal factory.
Cherie Booth's Commission on English Prisons Today has come riding to the rescue of England's fit-to-burst places of correction. A shame it's not clear whether the politicians are listening.
Gordon Brown's fumble brought the House down.
MPs claim their second jobs help them stay in touch with real life Britain. So why are so many of them directorships?
“In today’s White Paper the Government has restated its intent, first announced back in March, to ban unsolicited credit cheques. We will cooperate fully with them whilst also attempting to avoid negatively impacting customers who may wish to continue using them in certain circumstances such as for balance transfers on promotional rates."
Changes to the way in which political parties are funded are currently being considered by the House of Lords.
Sir Roger Bone explains the similarities between his line of work as a diplomat and his current job as president of Boeing UK.
Recent media attention shone on to the streets of Moscow as they prepared for the glitzy and glamorous Eurovision song contest on Saturday 16th. What was revealed however was a very dirty clean-up indeed as government officials employed dog-catchers to round up the stray population, in order to tidy up the city streets.
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The constitutional renewal bill aims to rebuild trust in Britain's democracy by redistributing power away from the centralised state, strengthening Parliament and making the executive more accountable, further reforming the House of Lords, and improving civil liberties.
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Data security is one of the key challenges for Martin Ferguson, recently appointed as the first head of policy at the Society of IT Management (SocITM), the organisation for public sector IT professionals.
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Professor David Wilson, chair of the Commission on English Prisons Today, comments on criminal justi
The government has tried to turn the tide of the expenses scandal by creating a new independent body to scrutinise MPs' claims. Will it change anything?
In 2009, Diabetes UK wants to use Diabetes Week to focus on how far the charity has come in 75 years in working towards better diabetes care, prevention and treatment – all with the aim of improving lives.
MPs will spend much of this week approving measures which could make their successors criminals.
Geoffrey Cox, MP for Torridge & West Devon, visited St Mary’s Primary School in Bideford to present prizes to the runners up of a national competition held by the Houses of Parliament to design a Christmas card celebrating 150 years of Big Ben.