But it soon became clear that James had a strong ideological agenda that was at odds with the deeply held beliefs of most Englishmen of all political persuasions.  James’s rough actions belied his smooth words about tolerance.  He embarked on an aggressive campaign to remake England along continental lines, a campaign

Police forces across England and Wales are teaming up with local councils in a welcome move to encourage agents and candidates to abide by the Postal Voting Code of Conduct. They will be sending letters to agents and candidates asking them to personally sign up to the Code of Conduct.

Buried deep in the Sunday Times is the Tories’ answer to the problem that is Lord Ashcroft. James Tyler is a fund manager who has donated £250,000 to the Tory party since 2007. He is that rare creature: a multi-millionaire who is both resident and domiciled in merry old England. Tyler’s chief attraction for the Tories is his virulent opposition to what he terms ‘the morons&#...

Lord Martin, the former Commons speaker, has tabled a parliamentary motion that could kill off attempts to reform England's "chilling" libel laws.

The Conservatives are calling on councils covering England's 55 statutory ports to suspend collection of up to £220m in backdated business rates in order to save companies from collapse

Henry Featherstone is Head of Policy Exchange's Health Unit. Let us come straight to the point. Smoking kills people. It kills tens of thousands of people in England every year, in a gruesome and horrific way. In fact it’s most...

The over-70s could become jurors in England and Wales, if a government proposal to save money and make juries more "inclusive" goes ahead.

Tens of thousands of hospital beds in England must be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says.

I have been a net beneficiary of government (and Bank of England) actions, not just in the last two years but possibly - depending on your view of how much policy contributed to rising house prices - in the preceding years as well. This should put complaints about high taxes into perspective. It’s quite easy to dodge those taxes quite legally, if you arrange your affairs moderately well. Suc...

Labour is today joining forces with families across England in a campaign to Save Our Sure Start children's centres from David Cameron's plans to cut their funding and prevent access to these valuable services for families on middle and modest incomes. Children's Secretary Ed Balls launched the campaign today as he welcomed the opening of the 3,500th Sure Start children's centr...