A provocative new study from Princeton and Northwestern universities has shown that the US government represents the rich and powerful and an oligarchy and not the interests of ordinary Americans.
The government has said it will amend the rules on lobbying with the next 12 months, after three peers were accused of agreeing to perform Parliamentary work for payment in an investigation by the Sunday Times.
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer has resigned the Tory whip and has said he will not stand for re-election to “save my party embarrassment” over allegations that he had broken lobbying rules.
The House of Commons has voted to allow gay marriage in England and Wales, with 366 votes in favour and 161 in opposition. The proposals caused a rift within the Tory party, but were supported by the Labour and Lib Dem leaderships.
Dan McCormick imagines the brain-storming session where the government decided what to cut at the DWP