The government is to put £1bn into a bank designed to increase lending to businesses, Vince Cable tells the Lib Dem conference

David Cameron is to reaffirm his commitment to increase Britain's aid spending later, despite opposition from within his own party.

The government is "on track" to raise £4bn this year via schemes to crack down on tax dodgers, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will say.

A cull of badgers in Somerset and South Gloucestershire could be reconsidered in parliament, as 100,000 people sign an e-petition to stop it.

A vigil in memory of two police officers shot dead in Greater Manchester takes place, a week after they were killed.

A Royal Marine commando has died of what is believed to be natural causes while on duty in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

Thousands of prisoners on open-ended sentences who have served longer than their minimum term should have their cases reviewed, says a north Wales MP.

Once, the Tony Award-winning stage musical, is to transfer from Broadway to London's West End next January.