In the latest episode the continuing saga of how the Universe is telling Boris Johnson that the only solution to congestion in London is reducing traffic volumes, the sheer amount of red on the map today indicates that something else has gone wrong with the traffic lights. WC2N Trafalgar Square (Holborn) Signal Failure At the junction of Pall

Many of you will have supported the One Seat campaign which seeks an end to Parliament sessions in Strasbourg. Our Labour government, in response to a Downing Street petition, has essentially backed the campaign stating that having two seats for the parliament is "far from ideal" and that want to find "the most cost-effective solution for the conduct of business in the European Parliament".

Housing Ministers calls for 'modern and effective' private renting sector.

Big Brother-style monitoring of private internet, text messages and telephone traffic could be carried out by communication companies on behalf of the UK Government.

apComms, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications, chaired by John Robertson MP and Derek Wyatt MP, is launching an inquiry into Internet traffic to assess regulation of ISPs and a range of Internet traffic issues from behavioural advertising and privacy to child abuse images and Internet neutrality to answer what role Government should play when it comes to Internet traffic.

The Government has ruled out a controversial proposal to set up a database to store internet and telephone traffic, saying it prefers to have such information held by private companies.

Your sole purpose in life is to fill government coffers: Motorists will be able to drive straight through a series of green traffic lights along a single stretch of road after the Government relaxed traffic flow rules. Er, ok. A motorist approaching the first traffic light at the speed limit or just below would trigger a succession of green lights and travel down the road faster. The schemes are a...

Your US federal government, the benchmark for effective policymaking that we can only approach by creating a similar monster state: they are still promising to balance the budget, as if that was a) realistic and b) desirable.

The extract below comes from: THE JOINT REPORT OF THE PARKING ADJUDICATORS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES APRIL 2008 TO MARCH 2009 The Department for Transport Traffic Signs Review The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (S.I. 2002 No.3113) apply to both Wales and England. In consideration the next version of TSRGD English Ministers decided it was opportune to undertake a review of road s...

The government today announced plans to increase punishments for drivings who break the speed limits by a considerable margin, and it is hard to argue against the logic behind this decision. However, it does smack of the government wanting to further promote speed cameras at a time when traffic police numbers continue to decline. The AA today claimed that traffic police numbers had fallen by 20% i...