The US Federal Reserve says the economy has failed to gain any ground in recent weeks, with many areas remaining weak.

Veteran Conservative David Amess accuses the BBC of having a "fervently anti-cuts" agenda, while paying "absolutely ludicrous" salaries to its executives.

A report into the death of an Iraqi in British Army custody is to be published after a year-long inquiry.

Eliza Manningham Buller, the former head of MI5 has said torture is "wrong and never justified" in the second of her BBC Radio Reith Lectures

Two more unions warn the government they will take industrial action if it goes ahead with plans to increase pension contributions.

London's Trafalgar Square will stage a day of demonstrations of paralympic sports on Thursday before athletes are officially invited to next year's Games.

Twenty high-profile economists urge the government to drop the top 50p tax rate, which they say is doing "lasting damage" to the UK economy.

The UK government is to announce it is setting up a commission to look into the so-called West Lothian question.