UK construction giant Carillion promises to investigate after workers employed by subcontractors on building projects in Qatar complain about poor pay and safety standards.

MPs criticise the Post Office for the way it has handled claims its IT system led to at least 150 sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of fraud.

Asian shares traded lower on Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street over slumping oil prices and worries about global growth.

Mobile and broadband services continue to improve for most British people, but a wide gap still exists between the "haves" and the "have-nots", Ofcom concludes.

A global scientific research programme is launched in China to examine the unintended consequences of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.

Income inequality has a "statistically significant impact" on economic growth, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Building companies in London have hired Portuguese bricklayers on £1,000-a-week wages because of a shortage of skilled Britons, a recruitment firm has said.

Tesco shares plunge after the supermarket group warns full-year profits will be substantially below market expectations.