Former prime minister Sir John Major is not one for making a fuss. So the Knight of the Garter is set to semaphore his displeasure at the chopping-back of radical plans to redevelop Lord's through the simple expedient of backing an application from the champion of the original 2009 Vision for Lord's to be reinstated to the MCC Committee... more
It's difficult not to greet with some scepticism the news that City Hall is setting up a new website and hotline to "name and shame" companies that clog up the streets with interminable roadworks... more
Although super-injunctions are holding the media and politicians in their thrall, lawyers are wondering how the industry will treat one of their own... more
So what happens when William Cohan's Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came To Rule The World is entered for the FT Business Book of the Year? ... more
Disquiet on Tory backbenches over prospect of prolonged coalition with Lib-Dems surfaces with one MP warning David Cameron he cannot take 'mainstream' Tories for granted for much longer... more
The most toxic thing about bankers’ bonuses is that they hold up to ridicule the concept of shared pain by which the Government sets so much store... more
The claim made by BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg in presenting its results that the oil company believes it was not grossly negligent in the Gulf of Mexico disaster is intriguing... more
Wayne Rooney, Anne Robinson and Jeremy Paxman, and dozens more, are investors with Ingenious Media, a finance company alleged to have exploited a loophole in the law and thus able to give generous tax advantages to investors in the film industry... more
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major calls for the number of Government ministers to be slashed by as much as one-third, to end the dominance of Parliament by the 'payroll vote'... more
The head of the forthcoming inquiry into the Iraq war said it was "essential to hold as much of the proceedings of the inquiry as possible in public"... more
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major weighs into the controversy over the Iraq War inquiry, denouncing the Government's decision to hold hearings in private as "inexplicable"... more
I remember it well. You could cut the despair like one of those maggot-filled cheeses they serve you in northern Spain. Downing Street is not a nice place to be in the death-throes of a regime... more
From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed ... more
Alistair Darling came under fire from the Tories after he appeared to hint that taxes will rise in the long term to fund the Government's borrowing spree... more
PENNY JUNOR spent months with Cliff Richard ghosting his new autobiography and her intimate recollections cast new light on this enigmatic star.... more
Future British Olympic success will be in jeopardy if ministers shift Lottery funding away from grassroots sport, former prime minister Sir John Major warned... more
We may be no longer awash with easy money but most businesses are still doing well. The real problem is the total collapse of confidence in Gordon Brown... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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