We've all been there. Sitting in a traffic jam caused by roadworks, only to get through them and find that absolutely jack-you-know-what work is actually being done.

There's no shame in using someone else's idea if it was a good one that worked. So well done Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and DECC for piggy-backing on the splendid Boiler Scrappage Scheme from 2010 to launch the London Boiler Cashback Scheme.

At times I just love living in the 21st century.

I was sitting in my toasty warm living room yesterday, looking out at the 'snow drifts' in the garden (aka 'a light dusting' - I live in Kent, where we call four flakes of snow a blizzard), when the doorbell rang and it was the man from npower (other energy companies are available), asking for…

According to the latest Markit CIPS survey, construction growth is at a 10 month low. Not great news, since all the Brexit hoo-ha is hardly likely to make the economy any more stable any time soon.

Goodness what a mess. May be I'm old fashioned about these things, but I'd like to think that the chap in the top economic job in the country had a rather better record in getting his sums right.

Blimey it's a bit of a mess down there in South Wales. By that, I don't mean the actual place nor the people, all of whom are, in my experience, rather lovely. Rather, I'm referring to the metaphorical mess that Tata, the owners of what was once the British Steel mills, seems to have got…

A lot of words have been printed about the Green Deal and ECO schemes. Many of them derogatory (and many of those in this very blog).

We've all been there. Driving along a perfectly good road when - wham - the car gives a lurch when hits a pothole, leaving you a bit jittery at best or with a messed up tyre if you're unlucky.

Once upon a time, there was Labour Government who disagreed with the idea that some people were born to rule over others just because of who their Daddy was. So they set about trying to abolish an institution called the House of Lords, which included some people who were entitled to be their because of…