The government defends a psychometric test designed to help jobseekers identify their strengths after it was dismissed as "mumbo-jumbo" by Labour.

Business Secretary Vince Cable writes to the Scottish legal authorities urging a rapid decision on whether to prosecute former directors of RBS .

The rest of the UK faces damage to its international reputation if Scotland becomes independent, according to a committee of MPs.

Women may be more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases than men, studies suggest.

The European Union says it is considering "appropriate action" to encourage improvement in working conditions in Bangladesh factories.

Children who use self-deprecating humour among their peers are more likely to be bullied, researchers say.

Hartlepool's mayor, famously elected when he was a football mascot, assesses his 11-year term in office as he prepares to stand down.

A British man has died during a trek across Greenland's ice sheet, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office says.