Alex Stevenson

Childcare: Coalition’s helping hand to rich parents

The coalition is trumpeting its childcare support package, but campaigners have expressed bafflement that couples with a joint income of £299,999 will benefit.

A recommendation too far: Coalition rejects Heseltine’s foreign takeover activism

Ministers have turned down Michael Heseltine’s call for the government to become more active in its handling of foreign takeover bids.