Speaking of Building Britain's Future, did you know hard copies cost £26.60? Unless you download it from the internet, of course. In which case it's free...
Latest leaderboards for the Ottewell Awards...
Later-than-planned update on the Ottewell awards tomorrow... Suffice to say there is controversy...
David Cameron has just announced that Conservative MPs have agreed to pay back a further £125,000 in expenses.
I've been playing around with the regional figures from this massive survey of the country's councils. Key findings...
"It is also the kind of episode that has the potential for greatly increasing communal tension in this country..."
God knows, I'm not saying the MEN is beyond criticism. But crude divide-and-rule that suggests were are part of an 'elite' that doesn't live in or work in our communities is simply wrong. We are ...
Are there really only 11 people on the streets of Manchester?...
Much gloating over our front-page story today about a computer virus forcing Manchester council to cancel more than 1,500 fines for motorists caught in bus lanes...
Sir Howard Bernstein, the council's chief executive, has now signed a must-do-better-style 'formal undertaking'...
The problem with the web is that it has convinced people that information is essentially free. That may be true. But quality journalism is not free...
Everything was going fine, I'm told, until the councillors became stuck in a lift for more than 40 minutes...
Phil Woolas has just been appointed minister for the north west. It follows Bev Hughes' decision to stand down...
It's been a hectic few days, what with our exclusive interview with Hazel Blears leading the national news on Friday. I've done a few interviews for the BBC and the two questions I've been...
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