Women too tipsy to totter home get free flip-flops

The resort of Torbay has spent £30,000 of taxpayers; money on flip-flops for women who are too drunk to stagger home in high heels.

Security clearance chief quits over failure to check HIS staff

The boss of the Government agency that vets security guards quit his £100,000-a-year job last night after admitting some of his own staff did not have proper clearance.

Government agency pays £30,000 for ‘All but identical’ logo

The Government agency in charge of immigration spent £30,000 on a new logo which is nearly identical to the old one.

Immigration minister attacks HIS Government’s asylum policy for causing ‘untold human misery and division’

Immigration minister Phil Woolas launched a stinging criticism today of the Government’s record of managing migration.

Tories call for data loss prosecutions

The Conservatives have repeated their call for those involved in data losses to face criminal charges, following the Home Office’s loss of data on all prisoners.

Gun offences ignored in government statistics

Gun crime figures are a sham with almost a third of offences omitted from Government data, it emerged yesterday.