The resurrection of jailed Andy Coulson by Telegraph chief executive Murdoch MacLennan also reflects badly on the ethics of the Independent Press Standards Organisation and what is supposed to stand for.
Why is the Daily Mail suing Byline: is it in danger of becoming an enemy of the people itself or is this an attempt to stamp out a new kid on the block that investigates journalism and raises questions ignored elsewhere?
David Cameron’s former Downing Street adviser, Michael Lynas, is refusing to release the pay and perks for top people running his expensive legacy National Citizen Service programme for disadvantaged 15 to 17 year olds, despite an attempt by MPs to force his hand.
The £20m fine for multiple pollution across four counties by Thames Water today provides real ammunition for returning the water utilities to public ownership.
A canal trust working to restore an arm of the Grand Union Canal narrowly missed out on a a £1m payment from a new scheme to fund river trusts from big polluters like Thames Water. Instead the Treasury snaffled the money.
George Osborne’s ambitious rail electrification plans for the North could be about to be wrecked by a failure by Network Rail to cost the plans properly – and a bungled political problem over the safety clearance required for the live wires.
A huge cost overrun and delay on the Great Western main line electrification scheme will mean passengers across the country will also suffer from outdated overcrowded trains because it will hit replacement trains across the country
How a British private contractor – with right wing links – used the unethical behaviour of a civil servant to give them an unfair commercial advantage to bid for taxpayer’s cash for overseas aid.
The IPCC has largely dropped its investigation into the Met Police’s handling of Operation Midland which centred round allegations from a complainant ” Nick ” alleging an historic paedophile ring involving prominent people, MPs and former government ministers.
Adam Smith International, a major British company that bids for hundreds of millions of British taxpayers cash for overseas aid projects. has come a cropper for improper behaviour. But is this only part of the story and what are its links to the neoliberal right.
The controversial remarks of police chief Simon Bailey that we should not prosecute people viewing child sexual abuse images on line because they are so many of them – suggests there is something very sick in British society if that is the case.