More than 17,000 homes have been bought under the government's Help to Buy mortgage scheme in its first nine months, figures reveal.

The Scottish government welcomes new economic analysis which strongly attacks the UK Treasury's opposition to a currency alliance.

Turkish finance minister tells the BBC that his government's ban on Twitter was justified because the site had failed to comply with court orders.

Iain Duncan Smith says pension changes in the Budget will help savers and ensure people who have "tried hard will get rewarded".

The coalition faces a "student loans timebomb" which could prove "catastrophic" for the Lib Dems, Labour warns.

The world's biggest investment fund manager says Scottish independence would bring "major uncertainties, costs and risks," for Scotland and the rest of the UK.