The UK power system is likely to be stretched "close to its limits" in the coming a years, a new report warns.

The world's biggest technology services firm IBM reports falling sales for the sixth consecutive quarter.

Online auction and retail giant eBay delivers a lower-than-expected sales and profit forecast for its fourth quarter.

Labour will pledge to introduce a levy on the profits of payday lenders to help support credit unions and other low-cost borrowing alternatives.

The US Congress passes a bill to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, with hours to spare before the nation risked default.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, announces that the UK will allow Chinese companies to take a stake in British nuclear power plants.

Work no longer pays enough to provide a route out of poverty for millions of families, the government's social mobility tsar warns.

Thousands of schools close across much of England as teachers strike over pay, pensions and jobs.