I have written a piece for the Daily Telegraph today, here, making the case for an overhaul of the inefficient green subsidies and tariffs that are punishing the squeezed middle.

On 30 January 2011, the Mail on Sunday printed a story based on two second-hand and anonymous sources implying I was a sexist bully in a previous job before becoming an MP. I told the Mail on Sunday at the time that this was a smear, and that ‘any insinuation that I have behaved improperly is false and malicious’. So when they printed the story, I sued. A year later, with seven first-hand witnesses able to vindicate my side of the case at trial, the Mail on Sunday has apologised unequivocally and paid compensation to settle the case.

The following apology appears in today's edition on page 2 (click here for the online apology):

'We accept that our allegations were unfounded and we apologise to Mr Raab for the damage, embarrassment and offence caused.'

This was not a crusade against the tabloid press. But, when a newspaper gets a story badly wrong like this, it is important that there is some accountability - and an apology.

In December, the House of Commons voted unanimously for reform of our extradition regime with the US and under the European Arrest Warrant.

I blogged recently about my campaign for a House of Commons debate on targeted sanctions against the henchmen who carry out torture and assassination on behalf of tyrants and dictators here.

The motion, inspired by the tragic case of Sergei Magnitsky, was debated yesterday. The motion was supported by 5 ex-Foreign Ministers, and it passed unanimously. The BBC report on the debate here. I have now called for the government to reflect on the will of Parliament, and come forward with some concrete proposals in the next Queen's Speech.