Blogs

Gagging the press in a crisis? - 1 Dec 2008
I have feared right from the start of the current financial crisis that we would face calls for the press to be regulated and gagged. Those fears have been realised with the publication of the Treasury Select Committee's terms of reference for its inquiry into the banking crisis.
Who will face the firing squad? - 24 Apr 2008
No amount of sugar coating or spin by ministers can disguise the fact that local authorities have been let down badly over pension scheme changes.
An amendment too far - 27 Mar 2008
One over-riding tenet of government is that it always believes it can do everything so much better than anyone else.
Levy prompts yet more debate - 20 Mar 2008
Should the Pension Protection Fund take investment strategies into account when calculating risk-based levies?
Back to the drawing board - 13 Mar 2008
Quelle surprise – personal accounts, the government’s national pension savings scheme, will not be the panacea to old age impoverishment!