Category: Politics
US and Russia swap spies
Russia and the United States conducted the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, trading agents in Vienna airport in the climax to an espionage drama that had threatened improving ties. Two jets – one Russian, one American – parked
David Cameron pledges radical Whitehall reform
David Cameron has pledged “radical reform” in the way government departments work, in a speech to an audience of civil servants. The prime minister outlined plans for departments to set “clear priorities and measurable milestones” which would give more power
Michael Gove apology over school building list errors
The education secretary has said he will apologise in person to schools led to believe they could go ahead with building projects which were axed. They include nine schools in Sandwell, West Midlands, and one in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Michael
