Satellites to monitor cuontries for climate change under Gordon Brown plan Telegraph front page.

Economists condemn Chancellor Alistair Darling's spending plan - Telegraph. I don't understand how so many of us can obsess about trivia, when the situation in our country is as follows;Public borrowing is already the highest it has been since 1946,...

In today's Telegraph, Daniel Hannan outlines the 10 steps involved in "The Plan" concocted by himself and Douglas Carswell MP to make Britain work as a state again. In essence I agree with the plan, but there are several issues that need to be addressed either before or while the plan is being implemented. First of all, Hannan is a Conservative MEP and Carswell a Conservative MP. As such, the...

They wanted to keep it secret, but on the day that Labour unveiled help for hard-pressed home-owners The Telegraph revealed a Conservative plan to give tax breaks for a few people sitting in homes worth between £1m and £2m. The Conservatives would have kept their plans secret if it weren't for an inquisitive Daily Telegraph reader who pushed for details of their policy to increase...

Telegraph View: Eric Pickles's plan to devolve planning power is a radical and welcome move.

Remember the brouhaha over fingerprinting at Heathrow's Terminal 5 earlier this year? After protests from the media, the Information Commissioner and, not least, Joe Public, the plan was scrapped.Or so we thought.As is being reported in the Mail and the Telegraph, the Home Office's Border and Immigration Agency are keen to revive the plan, and to roll out fingerprinting for all departure lounges t...

The Conservative Party has not yet developed the right economic and tax policy to deal with the impact of the worsening global economic situation, former Tory frontbencher David Davis warns in an interview in today’s Daily Telegraph. That’s a talking point if ever I saw one.

Today’s Telegraph piece on how the Tories plan to fight the next election is worth reading in full. But there are some points in it that deserve special attention. First, the Ashcroft marginal seats campaign is still delivering with the Tories enjoying a 14 point lead in the main marginals. Second, love-bombing the Lib Dems seems to have worked. There has been a swing of 15 percent from them...

Comment from The Daily Telegraph Simon Heffer: Tories have a long way to go to judged as a government in waiting Jeff Randall: Propping up banks will not rescue a debauched financial system Damian Reece: Brown must leave room for banking winners and losers to emerge Tracy Corrigan: If the banks don't work, nothing else will Telegraph View: What exactly is the plan, Prime Minister? Liz Hunt: E...

Britain's last small, rural abattoirs claim they are under threat from a controversial plan to modernise the industry, which could cause the price of meat to rise. Hundreds of jobs could be lost through the plan to modernise meat inspections, ultimately hitting prices at butcher shops and supermarkets, they warn.So writes Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, who th...