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Google could be misleading tax authorities and Parliament over its tax arrangements, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have said. Labour chair of the Committee Margaret Hodge said Google was dishonestly changing its story over its rea... Continue to article
from: Tom Harris sent: 17 April 2013 17:43 Dear Austin, I hear an upsetting rumour that you are, despite having a long track record of being very politically sound on most issues, rather sympathetic to the principle of coalition gove... Continue to article
The civil service's delays in coming up with its own performance measures are "disappointing", the head of a key parliamentary committee has said. At a Public Accounts Committee session with the Head of the civil service and members of t... Continue to article
Kenneth Baker and Others, 14-18: A New Vision For Secondary Education, Bloomsbury (£14.99) Kenneth Baker was one of the best Education Secretaries (as he’ll tell you at some length) since Jim Callaghan initiated the great debate on educati... Continue to article
23/05/2012 in Welfare
Tory MPs have been accused of 'gagging' four whistleblowers from giving evidence publicly about the Government's welfare-to-work programme.
Conservative members of the Public Accounts Committee insisted that the witnesses give the evidence - later described by Labour MP Austin Mitchell as "damning" - behind closed doors.
28/02/2013
Summaries and transcripts from TV and radio
23 minutes ago on Breakfast, BBC News
29 minutes ago on Today, BBC Radio 4
19/05/2013 on The Westminster Hour, BBC Radio 4