The government's flagship welfare reform - Universal Credit - is being introduced in west London in the latest phase of a national roll-out.

Mizuho Financial Group's management did not intentionally cover up loans to organized crime, a report by an external panel claims.

Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, are accused of "shocking" brutality and of losing control,

The alternative to a new HS2 high speed rail link would mean 14 years of weekend route closures while existing lines are upgraded, a government-commissioned report says.

G4S rejects a £1.55bn offer for its cash solutions business from UK private equity outfit Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Lawyers begin presenting their arguments over whether Detroit should be allowed bankruptcy protection from its creditors.

A date has been set for the launch of the first satellite to be built in Scotland.

Rio Tinto is to sell its 50% share in Australia's Clermont coal mine to Swiss commodities giant Glencore Xstrata and Japan's Sumitomo.