If the government is providing the money for public services, it needs more control over how that money is spent.
Also: Unionist parties divided as Stormont passes controversial education bill; Baillie says Labour wrong to work with Tories.
The Party Chairman responsible for fund-raising is playing for higher stakes than he may appreciate.
Relaxing planning policy in designated development areas could overcome problems caused by low land values and thus kick-start private investment.
The Health and Social Care Bill contains some important measures that you won’t see splashed broadly across the mainstream media.
Here are six recent examples of how the Prime Minister has been mugged by reality.
It is vital the Government remembers this while finalising the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Train travel is vastly less polluting than road or air – yet at present the tax system penalises passengers.
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
The Tradeshow Access Programme has been invaluable for the rail sector, and costs very little.
Privatisation was the wave of the future during the 1990s. Great British Railways risks turning its back on progress.
Also: The new Ulster Unionist leader is right that Northern Ireland suffers for having no government MPs. What will he do about it?
He’s proof that your boat can be swept along by the same tide as others, but how you steer it is a matter of individual style.
Ministers may be right in assuming that nothing like the full complement of those entitled to settle do so. But what if they’re wrong?
Ultimately, we either believe in free enterprise, and put customers and passengers ahead of fat-cat bosses and bureaucrats, or we don’t.