The Foreign Office is being undermined by a “ludicrous” decision to stop protecting its overseas budget from changes in exchange rates, according to MPs Nothing ludicrous about this decision at all. Entirely sensible. For to protect against changes in exchange rates you have to gamble, to speculate. You might even use some combination of futures and or

The Foreign Office is being undermined by a "ludicrous" decision to stop protecting its overseas budget from changes in exchange rates, according to MPs

The decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office budget from exchange rate changes has risked efficiency, MPs say.

By way of introduction, a sample of what Kitty Ussher (Labour MP for Burnley) had done: Kitty Ussher used allowances for £20,000 house make-over The records reveal that Miss Ussher, the MP for Burnley, contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of being elected, with a detailed programme of work for the property she had already

After carefully observing the country's buying habits, the Office of National Statistics has produced a "shopping basket" of the most popular items, which does not bold well for the health of the nation

The deputy chair of London's fire authority (LFEPA) last night became the fifth Boris Johnson appointment to leave City Hall in shame. Bertha Joseph was forced to quit after spending almost £1,000 of cash donations for children's charities on ball gowns for herself. She was suspended from Brent council for six months last October for bringing her office into disrepute but Boris Joh...

Tighter rules designed to limit the number of skilled migrants entering Britain will only reduce numbers by 3,000 a year, the Home Office admitted yesterday.

Passing on unfounded allegations or details of old or minor crimes to potential employers is "blighting" people's lives, a review for the Home Office warned yesterday.

Members of the Scottish parliament urge the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the level of competition in banking, citing a need for greater diversity after the financial crisis

The National Audit Office has criticised the Student Loans Company for management errors that resulted in the 'poor' delivery of loans, in a report that also questions Whitehall's capability