royal family Articles

I published a draft bill for consultation last week designed to remove the special privileges enjoyed by the Duchy of Cornwall and Prince Charles, and regularise the status of the Duchy in respect of the application of many different elements of legislation. It seeks...

Blink, and you might have missed the news this week that a panel of judges has decided that Prince Charles’ letters to government ministers are covered by the Freedom of Information Act. Well, not all of them. The prince has been sharing his views with ministers for...

The government’s efforts to show how women-friendly it is would be almost laughable – if they didn’t reveal a profound indifference to the real impact its policies are having on women’s lives. Struggling to make ends meet, worries about unemployment, cuts to help with...

Despite the Murdoch furore these are neither radical nor Republican times. For proof look at a sneaky little bill which will go through the Commons this week (Thursday) with most MPs on their knees rather than standing up for something approaching modernity. The...