

The Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, Philip Egan, who has responsibility for Guernsey, has threatened to close three state schools on the Bailiwick after objecting to an aspect of the proposed new anti-discrimination law. The Discrimination Ordinance, which will be debated by the States of Guernsey tomorrow, is set to outlaw religious discrimination, including teaching staff in schools, so… Read more »
Tax rise payments from over 8 million people needed to fund NHS litigation An influential parliamentary committee has been warned by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that the Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% could be swallowed up by the amounts being paid out each year in NHS clinical negligence claims. In evidence to… Read more »
David Cameron and Ed Miliband roundly rejected each other’s ‘offers’ to fix the party funding crisis in an especially hostile prime minister’s questions this lunchtime.
Frustrated coalition ministers are escalating their war with civil service mandarins today, with an unusually honest report admitting its failures over the last 12 months.