At 8.20pm last night I finished a phone call with my parents. I had been sitting in a nice park near my house, and strolled over to the gate. Which was locked - as was every other exit. There is...

There was an interesting little piece in the Guardian few days ago suggesting that local authorities could save £51 million by moving some council employees to Open Office* and ODF**, and away from Microsoft Office and their document format, with the total savings rocketing to £200 million if every council employee in the country moved

Tony Blair is keen to name-drop in every chapter of his memoir A Journey. From footballers to Hollywood actors, Mr Blair gives his opinion on each.

The tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown permeate almost every chapter of his memoir, which gives the most detailed account of the dysfunctional relationship between the two men. Gordon Rayner and Robert Winnett summarise the political and personal attacks on his colleague

The Scottish government says drinkers should be charged a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol as part of efforts to cut consumption.

New research published by Ken Livingstone today has shown the shocking extent of the government’s cuts to Londoners. Over five years the cuts will cost the capital £45billion or £5625 for every Londoner. A document published today, ‘Londoners can’t afford the cuts’, has detailed the extent of the threat to vital sources of support for Londoners

Barack Obama's Democratic party faces a series of dramatic defeats at every level of government in Washington and beyond in the November midterm elections, according to leading analysts and opinion polls

Labour’s claims that Tory Government is bad for your health have already been verified in the early days of the Con/Lib Government. The news that Surrey Heath has the highest level of road accidents for children in Surrey comes with the announcement that Runnymede and Chertsey MP Philip Hammond is cutting the Government grant for speed cameras. "There is now every chance that more children w...

Last week, I super-glued myself to the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was the same branch that I walked past every day for the five years I lived in Edinburgh. The police station where I spent the night was the very same that I once lived opposite. If people are alarmed at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s investments, then perhaps it is the bank that should stand trial in Edinburgh rather than us cl...

The news broke at the weekend that NHS Direct is to be scrapped by the Coalition Government, and replaced with a new service – 111 – a move anticipated in July’s Health White Paper, in which it was promised to: Develop a coherent 24/7 urgent care service in every area of England that makes sense