Month: June 2010

In radical plans being drafted by the Government’s new “poverty czar” Frank Field, child benefit could be taxed and limited to children under 13. Former Labour minister Mr Field said he was looking at the […] […]

Three former MPs and a peer were today told they face trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not use parliamentary privilege to avoid prosecution. Former Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David […] […]

It has the ingredients of a spy thriller: an American military analyst turned whistleblower; 260,000 classified government documents; and rumours that the world’s most powerful country is hunting a former hacker whom it believes is […] […]

Hong Kong officials have removed an online memorial to Tiananmen Square victims sparking fears of increased censorship in the semi-autonomous region The controversial memorial was set up on a new website which allows citizens to […] […]

Ignoring arguments that a ban on gay male blood donors is based on fear and discrimination rather than science, a key federal committee on Friday failed to overturn the controversial policy first implemented during the […] […]