The government should offer taxpayers no-risk shares in the partly state-owned banks, RBS and Lloyds, according to a report.

An industry-run service to prevent unsolicited marketing calls is not working, according to a survey by the consumer group Which?

A new system of payments replacing the Disability Living Allowance, which will see hundreds of thousands lose their benefits, is rolled out across Britain.

New migration rules for people from outside the European Union are "tearing British families apart", a group of MPs and peers claim.

Japan revises up its growth numbers for the first three months of the year, adding to hopes of a recovery in the world's third-largest economy.

Labour says spending on state pensions is likely to be included in its proposed cap on welfare budgets.

The foreign secretary says claims the UK's eavesdropping centre has used a US internet spy programme to circumvent British law are "nonsense".

The consortium that had a third bid rejected for the water supplier Severn Trent will walk away unless the water supplier engages in takeover talks.