David Cameron needs to learn historical lessons about the art of empathy, writes Ruth Porter.

A National Audit Office report – ‘Helping Government Learn’ – was released today outlining the need for Government departments to learn from past failures. Several projects were noted for their success, but just as many were flagged up as cases...

David Cameron has said that the world must "learn the lessons" from the 9/11 attacks about how to deal with violent Islamic extremism.

Chief executive of the Financial Services Authority warned that bank bosses have yet to learn the lessons of the crisis in a speech in which he outlined the need for a strong financial services supervisor

A report by MPs says the FA failed to learn from previous bids as it lost its attempt to host the 2018 World Cup finals.

Colonel Gaddafi's end is "closer than ever", Nick Clegg will say in a speech today as he promises that Britain will learn the lessons of Iraq over how to cope with the aftermath of the conflict.

To obtain value for money from public spending, lessons must be learnt from both success and failure. Although there is some effective learning within departments, learning is still not as prioritised as much as it should be, according to a National Audit Office report.

If I hear another Labour MP say they are going to learn the lessons from Glasgow East I'll thwceam and thwceam and make myself sick! Douglas Alexander has just joined in, saying that he promises to learn the lessons. In which case we now know for certain that he breaks his promises. Because the lesson is written in 80' high scarlet neon lights, and it is made up of four words: Brown is a loser. An...

The lessons could Wales offer to the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives on coalition government.

The MoD published a report by Bernard Gray, a former departmental adviser, into its procurement record. His is a damning indictment that the government would do well to learn lessons from