The Conservative leadership election has yet to grip the nation if a focus group that Lord Ashcroft, their former treasurer, held with past Tory voters is...

The number of asylum seekers facing homelessness has almost quadrupled, new figures have shown, as those granted the right to stay in Britain accounted for...

Britain’s high levels of immigration are falling significantly after curbs on visas contributed to a sharp decline in the number of foreign workers and...

I can’t now remember when I first noticed it. At least six months ago, I think. But now I can’t stop noticing it. If your stomach is still strong enough to...

It is fair to say that Bette Midler would never croon “did you ever know that you’re my hero”, from her hit Wind Beneath My Wings , to Donald Trump. The...

The “two-tier” policing myth has prompted attacks on officers across the country — often accompanied by slurs such as “paedo-protecter” and “nonce”. On...

Since 1995 house prices have tripled in real terms. Simple supply and demand: had we built many more houses, prices would have risen less or not at all....

There is something special about meeting an author your children love. Interviewing Michael Morpurgo a few weeks back, it was all I could do not to hug him,...

When French policemen are seen dancing in the streets of Paris with the public, you know something unusual is under way. When a French crowd cheer their...

We are witnessing a breakdown of order with few obvious parallels in recent British history. There have been moments of resemblance, of course: the London...