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A Liberal Democrat peer and director of a developer which has been seeking, unsuccessfully, to build a new market town of 10,000 homes in rural Sussex, is now lobbying the government for developers to be given the right to buy agricultural

Ministers are stalling the publication of a report that heavily criticises NHS management as they are determined to avoid bad press for the health service ahead of the election, it has been claimed. The paper’s author Stuart Rose is said to

The Guardian has been strongly criticised by its own readers for an article which suggested that freedom of speech must only be used “responsibly”, and that speech without self restraint was tantamount to “provocation”. The commentary, by columnist Hugh Muir,

A barrister has provoked a storm of outrage for daring to suggest that sex whilst under the influence of alcohol should not automatically be considered rape. David Osborne, a Somerset-based barrister, made the comments in a personal blog criticising new guidelines

Plain packaging of cigarettes will put the police force under undue pressure by increasing the supply of counterfeit cigarettes on the market, a group of former policemen has warned. In a letter to the Telegraph, the 16 former senior officers

Two Labour donors have waded into the ongoing conflict between the Labour party and the business community, criticising Labour leader Ed Miliband for his “unnecessary” assault on commercial enterprise, and warning that the stock market will tumble if Labour win the general

A Conservative Member of Parliament has called for the NHS to be reformed by introducing charges for those who lead “unhealthy lifestyles” by drinking too much, eating junk food or leading promiscuous lives.Dr Philip Lee MP, a practicing GP, has

Anti-Semitic attacks hit an all time high last year, more than doubling from the previous year’s total to hit 1,168 incidents in 2014. And as the Paris attacks of last month continue to reverberate, there are fears within the British

Non payment of the BBC licence fee will remain a criminal offence thanks to Peers in the House of Lords rejecting a government attempt to make it a civil offence. Lord Grade, a former BBC Chairman conveyed concern that there were “dark forces

The City of Melbourne, Australia has stumbled upon a novel way of wasting taxpayer money: email any one of the city’s 60,000 trees and they will email you back, as their thoughts are helpfully channelled through the minds of friendly, handsomely paid

The energy market regulator Ofgem has been accused of issuing “patronising rubbish” after releasing a list of money saving tips urging people to take packed lunches to work, give up gym membership and buy second hand mobile phones, presumably in order

In a bid to shift climate change from a “scientific fact” to a “social fact”, the Royal Society for Arts is running a series of events exploring the “seven main dimensions of the climate problem: science, behaviour, democracy, law, technology,

They’ve been accused of enacting “swingeing”, “crippling” cuts on the backs of the poorest in society, but an announcement by Iain Duncan Smith today revealed that the welfare budget has in fact grown under the Conservative-led coalition government. Since 2010,

Eric Pickles has announced his intention to send a team of five commissioners into Rotherham Borough Council to completely take over the executive functions of the council, following the publication of a report which found the council to be “directionless” and

Two councillors and a police officer have been accused of taking part in the Rotherham child abuse scandal, in which 1,400 young girls were groomed and raped over the course of 16 years. The allegations have been revealed by the

Oscar nominee and old Harrovian Benedict Cumberbatch has spoken out numerous times about “posh bashing”; now his old drama teacher has gone one further by saying that having a private school education can actively hinder a career in acting. Speaking

The Green Party has dropped two key policies after they failed to stand up to scrutiny by the media following a surge in public support for the party. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has announced that British citizens would not,

David Rose is a journalist who sometimes writes about the grey areas within the climate change debate. As a result, he has already endured calls for his own children to murder him, been compared to Hitler despite being Jewish, and had his

Scottish Ministers are deliberately misleading the Scottish public by pretending that their objections to fracking are environmental rather than political, a leading expert has angrily stated. He has been backed up by Scottish Conservatives, who have accused the Scottish National

Dominique Strauss Kahn enjoyed the services of up to eight call girls at a time, a prostitute has alleged. The incident emerged during court today; Mr Strauss Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund stands accused of “aggravated

Proponents of anthropogenic climate change may be struggling to deliver conclusive evidence that human activity is causing catastrophic global warming, but one thing they have no problem with producing is ever more elaborate flights of imaginative fancy. The latest bonkers offering is the

Ofsted is continuing to deny that it’s inspectors are asking young children inappropriate questions on topics such as homosexuality and transgenderism, despite a number of parents coming forward to make complaints in the last few months. The questions have been justified

The actress Maureen Lipman has admitted that she may leave the UK thanks to a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. She described the recent rise in anti-Semitism in the UK as “very depressing”. Figures show that the number of anti-Semitic attacks