Nearly 150 oil platforms in the UK North Sea are expected to be scrapped over the next 10 years, according to industry analysts.

Chancellor George Osborne is asked to clarify whether banks can use the cost of fines for wrongdoing to reduce the amount of tax they pay.

China's efforts to prop up its currency result in a $99.5bn plunge in its foreign currency reserves in January.

The prime minister "has not taken a sugar tax off the table", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells the BBC.

The German arm of Canada's Maple Bank is closed by German authorities over concerns about its financial position.