Empty gestures make the most noise

Staff at a homeless centre in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, are being laid off this evening because funding has run out.  Northamptonshire County Council is no longer able to provide a grant of £30,000 a year to keep this valuable service going.  The future of the Daylight Centre, which has been providing, food, shelter and support for [...]

Treasury gaffe reveals Charles secretly lobbied for tax breaks

An astonishing blunder by The Treasury reveals that Prince Charles secretly lobbied the government for tax breaks on expenses incurred by Princes William and Harry. John Cross, who writes the blog ‘confirm or deny‘, has uncovered what hides behind redacted sections of a memorandum written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling, and released [...]