Archive of articles from 2007

Cash-for-honours inquiry 'focused and proportionate'

Report defends cash-for-honours investigation

The Electoral Commission's failure to define a "commercial loan" hampered the cash-for-honours investigation, a report for the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has concluded.

Miliband sets out case for 'model EU'

Miliband calls for EU 'hard power'

The foreign secretary will call on EU leaders to use their collective power to address global conflicts.

Private schools could drop 'trendy' lessons

Private schools could drop national curriculum

Private schools could abandon the "fashionable" national curriculum for a return to 1950s-style education.

MPs' 'calamity' warning over Thames Gateway

DCLG management of Thames Gateway heavily criticised by MPs

The government's management of the ambitious Thames Gateway development project has been roundly criticised by MPs.

190,000 new immigrants settle in the UK

ONS reveals 190,000 new immigrants came to the UK in 2006

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 190,000 long-term migrants came to live in the UK in 2006, with the vast majority of these - 86 per cent - being foreign nationals.

Housing and regeneration bill is published

A new housing & communities agency will oversee the delivery of 3m affordable homes by 2020

Government plans to build three million new homes before 2020 were furthered today with the publication of the housing and regeneration bill.

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