Would rent controls be the worst method of controlling housing benefit aside from all the others? With its mixture of good ideas and painful ones, the Welfare Reform Bill going through Parliament is causing more anguish among Liberal Democrats than anything since… Well, since the last horrible compromise the Coalition Government came up with. The logic is relentless: Labour wrecked the econ...

An investigation into the immigration controls security affair last year is holding up a scheme to allow fast-track entry in time for the Olympics

Britain should be relaxed about being "out of the room" when Europe discusses eurozone issues, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday (26 January), dismissing any prospect of signing up to a new treaty with other EU states to enforce stricter budget controls. More »

But Labour will adopt one good policy. They will bring back rent controls. Facepalm. Second only to aerial bombing in a major war as a successful method of reducing the available housing stock. Doesn’t anyone actually remember? The 70s, early 80s? When it was near impossible to find rental property anywhere in the country? Who

A "highly troubling" breakdown of communication between officials led to UK border controls being relaxed too often last year, MPs say.

In the last 25 years we have allowed banks to balloon in size. Until the 1970s, banks’ assets as a percentage of UK GDP remained steady at approximately 50%. By 2006, after decades of deregulation, banks’ assets as a percentage of UK GDP were more than 500%. We’ve abolished capital controls you know. Finance has

The UK Border Agency says "tighter controls" will be introduced to stop some Eurostar passengers being able to enter the UK without passport checks.

Passengers at UK airports glide through passport controls with some claiming their experience to be 'better than usual'

UK citizens should have their own passport controls at domestic airports and ports, a group of MPs says.

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, and Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, have responded to reports of the Government’s opposition to EU controls on tar sands.