Carbon permit cash should 'combat climate change'
The money raised through the sale of the UK's carbon emissions allocation should be used for energy and environmental programmes, a think-tank has recommended.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Brown attacks Tory spending change
Gordon Brown has attacked the Conservative leader for changing his party's plans to match Labour's spending commitments.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Plans to make tips fairer
The government has unveiled plans to ensure tips for service staff are passed on and not used towards their wages.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Smith unveils prostitution crackdown
Men who pay for sex with women who have been forced into prostitution will be targeted under plans announced by home secretary Jacqui Smith.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
MP calls for new road accident laws
A Labour MP has called for legislation to ensure that people involved in road traffic accidents are eligible for compensation even when liability can not be established.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
NAO concerned over maths results
The public spending watchdog has warned that almost a quarter of pupils are not reaching the expected level in maths by their final year of primary school.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
TUC calls for tax cuts
Union leaders have called on the chancellor to use next week's pre-Budget report to cut taxes for those on low and middle incomes.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Ministers seek to eradicate rough sleeping
The government have set out a range of new ideas to tackle homelessness.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
BBC chiefs questioned by MPs
The BBC has defended its handling of the controversy surrounding a broadcast by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross in evidence to MPs.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
Nationalised bank boss 'sorry' for collapse
The former boss of the nationalised Bradford and Bingley bank has apologised for its collapse.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
Cameron scraps Tory spending commitments
David Cameron has announced that the Conservatives will not commit to matching the government's spending proposals beyond 2010/11.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
Balls sets out child protection measures
Children's secretary Ed Balls has said that the government is to put forward new legislation to protect vulnerable children.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
MPs urge rail incident handling improvements
Emergency services need a point of contact in order to speed up their response to incidents on the rail network, MPs have said.
Tuesday 18th November 2008
Tory plan to tighten exam standards
The Conservatives are setting out plans for legislation to "reverse the devaluation of exams".
Tuesday 18th November 2008
Legislation due on children's services
A review of children's services following the death of a 17-month old who suffered severe abuse will consider the independence of local children's safeguarding boards, Ed Balls has said.
Monday 17th November 2008
Global action 'could shorten downturn'
The prime minister has told MPs that the economic downturn can be shortened through international action.
Monday 17th November 2008
Children 'should be celebrated', says Balls
Ministers have raised concerns over negative stereotypes of children after a report found that 53 per cent of adults thought they were beginning to behave like animals.
Monday 17th November 2008
CBI predicts a 'tougher' recession
The CBI has said that the economic outlook is bleaker than first estimated, and claimed that Britain is heading towards a recession as bad as the one in 1991.
Monday 17th November 2008
Energy department 'to press ahead with nuclear'
The economic downturn will not affect government plans to create a new generation of nuclear power stations, the energy minister will today confirm.
Monday 17th November 2008
Taskforce rejects donor opt-out plan
Moving to a system of presumed consent is not the best way to increase the number of organs available for transplant, a government taskforce has recommended.
Monday 17th November 2008
Tories 'should encourage' marriage
Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has said his party should make divorce harder and discourage "informal" relationships.
Monday 17th November 2008
Purnell defends Post Office decision
James Purnell has defended the awarding of the card account contract to the Post Office but refused to disclose how much compensation thwarted bidders would be paid by the scrapping of the tendering process.
Sunday 16th November 2008
Osborne defends Sterling run comments
George Osborne has defended his stark warning that sterling faced "collapse" - insisting he had a duty to tell voters the truth.
Sunday 16th November 2008
Brown hails world economy deal
Gordon Brown has hailed a "historic" agreement by world leaders to act together to reverse the devastating global economic slump.
Sunday 16th November 2008
'No convincing case' for organ donation opt-out
The Lords has been told that there is no "convincing case" for an opt-out system of organ donation ahead of a report expected next week.
Friday 14th November 2008
Police watchdog lacks bite, says NAO
Recommendations from the police watchdog may well end up in the bin because there is no one to enforce them, an MP has warned.
Friday 14th November 2008
Charity calls for action on elderly suffering
Healthcare providers and hospitals should receive a penalty if they leave older people to suffer, Help the Aged has said.
Friday 14th November 2008
Clegg issues rural warning
The economic downturn will create two-tier communities in the countryside unless action is taken, the Liberal Democrat leader has warned.
Friday 14th November 2008
Ministers warned of Haringey child 'failings'
The government was alerted to a claim that child protection procedures were not being followed by Haringey Council six months before the death of Baby P.
Friday 14th November 2008
Brown calls for global tax cuts
Gordon Brown is pressing world leaders to work together to combat the deepening economic crisis at a summit of the leading economies in Washington.
Friday 14th November 2008
Former MI5 chief condemns 'politicisation' of security
The former head of the Security Service has called on the political parties to co-operate on issues of national security.
Friday 14th November 2008
Tories call for aid inquiry
The Conservatives have called for an investigation into why millions of pounds of international aid is being given directly to developing countries accused of corruption.
Thursday 13th November 2008
Binge drinkers to be offered specialist help
The Home Office is to provide an additional £1m for the roll-out of nine new alcohol referral projects.
Thursday 13th November 2008
Balls orders child welfare review
Children's secretary Ed Balls has ordered an inquiry into child welfare in the north London borough where a 17-month-old boy died following months of abuse.
Thursday 13th November 2008
Post Office to keep card account
The Post Office is to be awarded the contract for the Post Office card account, saving many branches threatened with closure.
Thursday 13th November 2008
Utilities market not working, finds report
Consumers do not have enough good quality information to get the best deals on their utility bills, according to a committee of MPs.
Thursday 13th November 2008
MPs back new regional committees
The Commons has approved plans to create new regional select committees, although the chairmen will not be paid.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Darling to deliver PBR on November 24
The government has announced that the pre-Budget report will take place on Monday November 24.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Commons sets up democracy inquiry
MPs have launched an inquiry into democracy and under-representation in the Commons.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Balls announces primary school funding
Schools secretary Ed Balls has announced £3.5bn worth of investment for rebuilding and refurbishing primary schools.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Willetts criticises university restrictions
Shadow universities and skills secretary David Willetts has likened the government's approach to university expansion to "driving a car with the accelerator and brake both pressed to the floor".
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Cameron attacks Haringey inquiry
David Cameron has described the investigation into the social services department involved in the death of a 17-month-old baby as "completely unacceptable".
Wednesday 12th November 2008
MP calls for cap on loans
A Labour MP has called for legislation to cap interest rates on credit cards, loans and store cards.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Clegg brands Brown a 'petty pickpocket'
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has attacked the prime minister on his tax policies, calling him a "petty pickpocket".
Wednesday 12th November 2008
By-election winner takes Commons seat
Glenrothes by-election winner Lindsay Roy has taken his seat in the Commons.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Unemployment nears two million
Unemployment has reached an 11-year high with another huge increase in the numbers looking for work edging the total closer to the two million mark.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Committee warns on EU crime investigations
Members of the House of Lords have claimed police failures to share intelligence with the European police body are hampering efforts to tackle organised crime.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Call to increase jobseekers' allowance
Union leaders have called on the government to increase unemployment benefit in next week's pre-Budget report.
Wednesday 12th November 2008
Johnson unveils plan to combat obesity
Health secretary Alan Johnson has set out the government's plans to tackle rising levels of obesity, emphasising the importance of keeping fit and eating healthy.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Miliband pledges to develop US links
David Miliband has pledged to build on the "uniquely comprehensive" relationship between Britain and the US in the wake of the American election.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Industry defends 'happy hour' promotions
Pub and bar industry representatives have defended 'happy hour' promotions while giving evidence to MPs.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
MPs debate Heathrow expansion
MPs have been holding a debate on Heathrow Airport amid a widening Labour rift over whether to press ahead with expansion plans.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
PM sets out five-step finance plan
Gordon Brown has set out a five-step plan to deal with the global financial crisis.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Brown promises recession help
Gordon Brown has used his Mansion House speech to suggest that tax cuts could help to support consumer spending.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Tories plan employment boost
The Conservatives have offered companies a £2,500 national insurance break for every new worker they take on who has been on the dole for more than three months.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Official 'gave wife' £98k contract
Weak controls allowed a senior civil servant to award his wife a lucrative consultancy contract, MPs have concluded.
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Burnham urges tighter editorial standards
Andy Burnham has said it is "completely unacceptable" for children to find out the identity of their fathers through DNA tests revealed on television.
Monday 10th November 2008
MPs warn on biodiversity loss
MPs have called on the government to do more to protect the environment and halt the loss of biodiversity in Britain's overseas territories.
Monday 10th November 2008
Cameron promises action on unemployment
Governments have a "moral obligation" to help those who have lost a job through no fault of their own, David Cameron has said.
Monday 10th November 2008
Brown to call for new world economic order
The prime minister is set to call for a new global financial system in a major speech.
Monday 10th November 2008
Committee warns on Post Office Card Account
MPs have warned that government delays in the decision over the Post Office Card Account are "destabilising Post Office Ltd".
Monday 10th November 2008
MPs back 'happy hour' ban
MPs have called for a ban on 'happy hour' drink promotions.
Monday 10th November 2008
Labour should 'do more for black candidates'
Labour should consider changing its selection procedures to make it easier for people from ethnic minorities to become MPs, Alan Johnson has said.
Sunday 9th November 2008
Brown issues fresh warning to banks
The banks which have received public funding must pass "some tough hurdles", Gordon Brown has said.
Sunday 9th November 2008
Lib Dems elect Scott as president
The Liberal Democrats have elected Baroness Scott of Needham Market as their president.
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