Britain’s aircraft carriers vulnerable to missile attack, MPs warn
Britain’s aircraft carriers could be left vulnerable to attack due to delays in building the radar system designed to protect them, MPs have warned.
Equitable Life: 200k set to be let down by the Treasury
Over 200,000 Equitable Life policyholders may never receive any compensation payments from the coalition because of Treasury incompetence, MPs have warned.
Watchdog ‘timid’ as loan sharks rampage through recession
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been dismissed as “ineffective and timid in the extreme” over its regulation of loan sharks by a scathing Commons report.
‘The poacher turned gamekeeper’: Hodge blasts open tax avoidance debate
The debate over corporate tax dodging escalated a notch today, when Margaret Hodge accused big accountancy firms of a fundamental conflict of interest in their interaction with government.
‘Not rational’: MPs scathing over DWP’s housing benefit clampdown
The coalition’s housing benefit changes are being hit by scathing criticism from MPs, in a report questioning the fundamental economic justification for the reforms.
Tread carefully on cuts to avoid another Mid Staffs, NHS told
The NHS has been warned to tread carefully in its cost cutting measures in order to avoid the appalling levels of care highlighted in the recent Francis report on the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Interview: BNP ‘smasher’ Margaret Hodge
Margaret Hodge has won plaudits for her work as parliament’s penny-counter in chief – but it’s her time fighting far-right extremism which underlies her work defending taxpayers’ money.
Ukip ‘xenophobia’ could win over BNP voters, Hodge fears
Ukip’s “xenophobic” anti-immigrant message could win over the support of disillusioned former BNP voters in next year’s elections, Margaret Hodge has warned.
In search of parliament’s most liberated MP
We’ve been on a mission to find parliament’s most liberated MP – the man or woman least afraid of breaking free from the shackles of the party system.
‘Complete lack of common sense’: The disaster of the West Coast franchise
The Department for Transport has been told to ‘get its house in order’ by MPs following the bungling of the InterCity West Coast rail franchise competition.
