The government comes under fire from a committee of MPs for failing to cut the number of ministers and aides it appoints.

A powerful body which is at the heart of the government's controversial NHS reforms in England begins work on Monday.

Liam Fox tells the BBC he wants in time to return to government - but says it will be interesting on the backbenches being "freer to say what I want".

BT aims to offer two-thirds of UK premises "super-fast" speeds by 2014, a year ahead of its original target.

The number of new mortgages approved for home buyers, but not yet lent, fell in September for the first time in five months.

The poorest 20% of UK households spend a higher proportion of their disposable income on VAT than the richest 20%, the ONS says.

More than two million homes still have no power and Halloween trick-or-treating is on hold after the weekend's US East Coast snowstorm.

The US announces it is cutting its dues to the UN's cultural body Unesco, after the agency votes to grant the Palestinians full membership.