Auditor General's Hefty Expenses Bill

"Sir John Bourn, guardian of the public purse. In three years he's run up bills of £365k on travel and £27k on meals. Then there's opera, grand prix, polo ... As England's chief investigator into Whitehall waste and extravagance, Sir John Bourn, the comptroller and auditor...

Irish house prices fall by 3.3% since start of year

"House prices fell again in August bringing the rate of decline to 3.3 per cent since the start of the year, according to the latest edition of permanent tsb / ESRI House price index. The index shows house prices nationally fell 0.3 per cent in August following on from a 0.4...

The Police are Paid to "Protect and Serve" the Rich, Not You and Me

Cops see their badge as a license to take the law into their own hands. Don't like the customer service you've received? Pepper-spray'em and arrest'em.The recent spate of police brutality is no accident. It's not a freak coincidence, it's the way it's always been. Would I...

Cherie Blair strikes £1m deal for autobiography

"Cherie Blair has struck a deal to publish a "warts and all" autobiography in a deal reported to be worth £1m. Her memoirs will be published in October next year and will be awaited nervously by Gordon Brown and his allies. Although Tony Blair is now said to be on good terms...

BMA calls for inquiry into true costs of medical training disaster

"The BMA has written to the National Audit Office calling for a full independent investigation of the costs to the public of the government’s failed medical training reforms this year. The letter from the Association’s Junior Doctors Committee says that in addition to the...