ministerial behaviour

Featured
Campaigners set out proposals for a better deal for low-income taxpayers
Academy of Medical Sciences

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Decisions such as declaring war are to be handed to parliament
Government’s constitutional proposals “limited”: MPs

MPs have claimed that the government’s constitutional proposals to transfer key powers to parliament are “disappointingly limited”, in a new report today. The report by the Commons’ public administration select committee claims that more needs to be done to protect the core values of the civil service and called on the government to live up… Read more »

News
Mr Blair changed his kitchen while troops went to war
Blair spent £6,500 on new kitchen as troops went to war

As British troops marched to war in Iraq in March 2003 Tony Blair was buying a £6,500 kitchen with taxpayers’ money. The revelation comes from a list of MPs’ expenses released minutes ago by the government following a prolonged three-year legal battle to keep it secret. Gordon Brown spent £4,471 on “refurbishments” while Peter Mandelson… Read more »