Large sums of money could be saved and put back into front-line services by cutting back on NHS bureaucracy, the Conservatives will say.

Is this a joke? British shoppers will no longer be able to buy eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. For the first time, eggs and other products including oranges and bread rolls – will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet. ...

Clearly when it came to the great allowances caper back in the summer the plaudits and awards were pretty evenly splt between the parties. Not just between Tories and Labour either. Proportionally the smaller parties also pulled their weight though you'd perhaps not realise it from the weight of the coverage. The way The Telegraph played it, and the rest of the Mainstream Media (MSM) followed...

Government spending on central bureaucracy in the health service has more than doubled in five years research has found.

The Tories attacked Lord Mandelson's plans to disconnect internet users who illegally download films and music, adding political weight to the growing backlash against the proposal

In More on Battle Space Weight we covered the almost frantic search for pounds as the fact became increasingly clear that the weight Soldiers and Marines carried in Iraq was heavy, but perhaps even prohibitive in Afghanistan.  Exhaustion, lower extremity injuries and lack of mobility mark the heavy weight our warriors carry today.  One possible

At least that's what the latest research indicates: Researchers now say light to moderate drinking may keep women from gaining too much weight. Normal-weight women who drank 5 to 30 grams of alcohol daily gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming overweight or obese than either teetotalers or those who drank too much, according to a report in the March 8 Archives of Internal Medicin...

The president of the European Commission has asked for the backing of EU leaders for a second five-year term of office in charge of the EU bureaucracy.

I recommend this, a speech given by Sean Gabb on Monday night to the Young Conservatives. Said he: close down the BBC, the Foreign Office, much of the Home Office, the Commission for Racial Equality, anything to do with health and safety, etc. etc. Quote: Let me emphasise that the purpose of these cuts would not be to save money for the taxpayers or lift an immense weight of bureaucracy from their...

Finally the local papers have picked up the news reported earlier this week that Thurrock chief executive Angie Ridgwell was leaving the council. Her statement, however, proves our point that the bureaucracy in local government – and even the wider...