Labour pledges to raise £7.5bn a year from tax avoiders by closing loopholes and imposing higher fines if it wins the general election.

Supermarket workers paid the national minimum wage are forced to claim state benefits totalling £11bn a year, according to Citizens UK

George Osborne says plans to take many family homes out of inheritance tax supports "the basic human instinct to provide for your children".

Divisions emerge in the leadership of German car giant Volkswagen after chairman Ferdinand Piech gives an interview criticising chief executive Martin Winterkorn.