1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (504+ words) MPs and industry experts say potential reorganisation will waste time at critical moment for AI and economic growth Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an angry backlash from MPs, Whitehall officials and tech experts. The…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1446+ words) Money from rail selloff could help solve Ohio city’s most pressing problems but political mistrust dictates how profits can be used Cincinnati, Ohio’s City of Seven Hills, has been drawing residents in from its suburbs – and, increasingly, other large cities…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1273+ words) In today’s newsletter: A new law criminalising public bodies and officials that lie to the British public is expected to complete it final stages in the Commons. Why did it take so long? Today, after a decade of campaigning, a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (387+ words) Labour came to power promising to tackle Silicon Valley. But from workers’ rights to online privacy it has failed at almost every turn During a recent conversation in the House of Lords, a former senior US government official told me…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (832+ words) Measures being considered to crack down on practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis London councils could be banned from “dumping” homeless families hundreds of miles across England under measures being considered by ministers, the Guardian…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (270+ words) The limits of power | A supportive teacher | Not likely | Nine times tables | Accountancy clue Amelia Gentleman says that Peter Mandelson reached out only rarely to senior women (Mandelson messages could form a manual in the dark arts of wielding power…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (622+ words) What questions will sacked head of the Foreign Office be asked, and what might they mean for the PM’s future? On Monday, Keir Starmer testified in front of the Commons about what he knew about the vetting process behind Peter…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (598+ words) Government sources say new amendment to bill being worked on that would ensure duty of candour applies to individuals working for security services Families whose relatives were killed in disasters and who have suffered state injustice have written to Keir…...