Boris’s transport boasts are pure piffle

London’s transport network is already a mess, crippled on a daily basis by delays and much more expensive than it was only a few years ago, writes Rob Jenks of Together for Transport.

International justice

New law would make policing war criminals even harder

For the first time, the director of public prosecutions’ consent will be required before an arrest warrant can be issued in relation to suspected war criminals and torturers present in the UK, if government plans go through.

City of London

Britain is part of the problem on financial reform

By Lydia Prieg The UK is subverting progress towards a safer financial system and has become a major barrier to international efforts for reform, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation. Compared even to the US, a jurisdictiontest

The importance of international aid

Breaking the Live Aid legacy

Martin Kirk reports on new attempts to change the public perception of aid to developing nations.