Liberty has warned against extending the principle of “secret justice” into ordinary civil cases against the Government.

Colombian journalist Claudia Julieta Duque says that UK government funds are being used to finance a unit of her country's secret security police.

Parliament will be given a chance to vote to open up the finances of quangos and national government today, when it debates strengthening the government's Local Spending Reports.

Progressio has welcomed the British government’s repeated promise to deliver 0.7% of GNP in development aid to the world's poorest countries, but says it must follow through on long-term commitments to developing nations.