Philip Johnston writes in the Daily Telegraph: It is noticeable how the Government is suddenly responsive to concerns that many people have voiced over many years yet about which nothing was done at the time. Recantation is all the rage. Last week, a government-commissioned study said schools were no longer able to discipline unruly children [...]
Tom Bower, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, speculates that Gordon Brown’s support for the ID cards project may be a reflection of his character: Criticism, in his opinion, is a conspiracy to destroy him. Successive health ministers have had to balance their priorities – either pursue reform and incur his wrath, or obey Brown and [...]
Damien Green MP writes in the Daily Telegraph: The third lesson is that ministers really must stop invoking “national security” as justification for all the Government’s most intrusive activities. The home affairs select committee, which has a Labour chairman and a Labour majority, rightly criticised the Home Office for exaggerating the security implications of the [...]
Richard Ford and Francis Elliot write in The Times: Damian Green is to demand that police remove his DNA from the national database after the decision not to charge him with any offence. A sample was taken when he was arrested in connection with leaks from the Home Office and can be retained even though [...]
According to the Farming UK web site: Over a quarter of the UK’s 14.5 million sheep are sheared by gangs of shearers from New Zealand and Australia. Around 500 shearers work in the UK every summer and most would normally have now made arrangements for the trip. But new Government rules covering work permits threaten [...]
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