5 Important Stories Buried In The Week Before Christmas

Thursday marked the last day of term before MPs left Parliament for a two-week recess.As is now tradition, Governments tend to rush out unpopular decisions quietly in written and oral statements from ministers with the hope a blitz of announcements and people winding down for Christmas will help provide cover.This year was notable for two pieces of embarrassing news for the Government being even more of a distraction: Damian Green being forced to resign over sex harassment and pornography allega