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A-levels are simply too narrow
Almost a quarter of A-level entries were awarded the top grade this year, results published on Thursday show. Pupils and teachers have worked extremely hard for these results and deserve to…
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Top-up fees send student debt soaring
Students starting university this year will pay record bills for their degrees, figures revealed yesterday. Undergraduates now expect to pay an average of £33,152 to fund a three-year degree course,…
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Blair's 'Frenzied Law Making' - A new offence for every day spent in office
Tony Blair's government has created more than 3,000 new criminal offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been in power.
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Liberal Democrats publish plans for fairer and greener
Today the Liberal Democrat tax commission unveiled its proposals for a fairer, greener and simpler tax system.
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A Labour MP resigns from Government over Blair's handling of the Middle East crisis
Jim Sheridan, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, resigned as a parliamentary private secretary to the defence team in protest at the UK Government's policy on the Middle East
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Liberal Democrats are key signatories to cross party letter to recall Parliament
The Liberal Democrats are key signatories to a cross-party letter to be delivered to the Leader of the House of Commons calling for a recall of Parliament. Liberal Democrats Leader, Sir Menzies…
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Support for Green taxes from influential Commons Committee
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the backing of Green Taxes by the Commons Environmental Audit Committee. The Committee has said taxes on air travel and "gas guzzling" cars should be raised to cut…
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Re-using empty homes could save carbon emissions of 16 million cars
Tackling the rise in the number of empty homes could help cut carbon emissions equivalent to 16 million cars, according to new research by the Liberal Democrats. Figures show that there has been a…
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ID Card plan secretive, expensive and inconsistent
Tony Blair's determination to press ahead with plans to introduce identity cards received a double blow today when two reports accused the Government of confusion and of keeping the public in the…
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New Axe the Tax petition launched
Just a few months ago, our Council Tax bills landed on the mat. For many, the arrival of this bill was most unwelcome. Of course nobody likes paying tax, but the Council Tax, because it has no link…
