Chris Huhne has become the first Cabinet minister in living memory to be charged with a serious criminal offence after the fall-out from his acrimonious divorce left him facing court, a potential jail sentence and the end of his political career. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke. So, is the next bloke at DECC

Energy Secretary becomes first Cabinet minister in living memory to be charged with serious criminal offence after the fall-out from his divorce left him facing court, a potential jail sentence and the end of his political career.

The Palestinian Authority had its own way of commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day this year. They chose that occasion to have official Fatah-run Palestinian TV glorify the murderers of the Fogel family. You might remember the Fogels. They were a young family living in the Jewish community of Itamar who were at home, relaxing after the Sabbath. On March 11, 2011, two Arabs affiliat...

"And as to neoliberalism laid bare. Yes, the industrial revolution is the only way we humans have found of improving the living standards of the average guy in the street. I, as a liberal (even if neo) would like the living standards of the average guy to increase. Thus I support the industrial revolution. Yes, in all its mess and clamour: for it is making things better. I’m out and I&ac...

In recent years, a perception has sprung up suggesting that those forced to claim benefits to survive, regardless of whether they may be living with a disability that prevents them working or are unable to obtain one of the few jobs available nowadays, must be no good lazy ‘scroungers’. I recall, whilst a junior doctor, hearing the somewhat unpleasant conversations of a couple of my co...

Southampton Labour MPs John Denham and Alan Whitehead are today urging eligible constituents to take advantage of the Government's flagship energy help scheme Warm Front, to make their homes warmer and cut their energy bills. The Warm Front scheme - which offers heating and insulation improvements to households living on low incomes – is expected to see up to £30 million worth of ...

A touching story epitomising the compassionate side of politics reaches The Voice via Dominic Hannigan: Prompted by Merthyr councillor Amy Kitcher, wellwishers from all over the borough have come to the aid of Paul Thomas, who was living in a flat in conditions he described as a “living nightmare”. And the dad-of-two, who is battling

The number of men living as househusbands while their wives go to work has tripled in 15 years.

Mark Wallace, recently "seen elsewhere" by Guido, makes a good point, in response to a piece by Tim Leunig in the Guardian, about the nature of the mixed housing economy: Leunig’s Guardian piece claims to calculate that the benefits cap would leave people living on 62p a day. The most crucial element of his workings is that a 4-bedroom house in Tolworth costs £400 a week. Th...

Prime Minister urges people living in benefit-dependent households to "go out and work" rather than complain about cuts.