It may just be coincidence but Rupert Murdoch's London papers appear to be being very conciliatory towards people and organisations with whom the media mogul has previously clashed... more
Every which way I like this idea. It's one that has been mooted by the Centre for Policy Studies for a while, and has now been taken up by Nick Clegg... more
Literacy Campaign: Thousands of 11-year-olds start secondary school in London with a reading age of seven, the Evening Standard can reveal as part of our campaign against illiteracy... more
I can't quite remember what the president of the Confederation of British Industry said the first time I attended an annual dinner 40 years ago, but last night's effort from current president Helen Alexander had a weary familiarity... more
The Centre for Policy Studies was founded, says its website, "by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher in 1974 to promote the principles of a free society and has since played a global role in the dissemination of free market economics"... more
When Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange said they might bid for the New York Stock Exchange group they knew from the start the proposed combination of all their exchanges could cause public policy issues in America... more
Who are the most assiduous corporate lobbyists courting the coalition Government? Top of the tree is employers' body the CBI, which has had no fewer than 75 meetings with ministers... more
Is the profit recorded by Ocado today real? Is it sustainable? The answer is, it depends which of the six measures the company offers about how it is doing that you want to take as gospel - and, well, we'll see... more
BSkyB shows just why News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch wants to take full control of the pay-TV giant as it unveils a 25% surge in operating profits to £255 million... more
The new National Security Strategy, launched today by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, reminds us of some of the continued threats the UK faces in the shape of cyber attacks... more
Warnings of savage reductions in the size of the state following next week's spending review are overblown, according to a report, which describes cuts as 'a shower, not a hurricane'... more
Nearly one in eight British households has no-one in work, the highest rate of the six largest EU economies, according to a think-tank report published... more
David Cameron gives his full backing to the Evening Standard’s £1million Dispossessed Fund and declares it has 'stirred the conscience' of the capital... more
It says a good deal about the level to which the debate about defence spending has sunk that Labour backbenchers yesterday heckled David Cameron, when he referred to generals' complaining about provision for the Army, by calling them "Tories"... more
The reaction of so many Evening Standard readers to this week’s series of reports on poverty in London has been an extraordinary testimony to their generosity... more
One of the most frustrating things about the current level of political debate is that though the Labour Government has presented the Conservatives with a wide-open goal, there seems to be no one on that side capable of kicking the ball... more
For a long time the Government has talked up its war on drugs. But has it in fact simply given in? The Centre for Policy Studies' new report, The Phoney War on Drugs, shows that the focus of government drug policy is no longer on abstinence or rehabilitation but on harm reduction... more
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