The New Zealand High Court has denied a new visa to Ioane Teitiota, the man from Kiribati who sought asylum in the country after saying that...
Official statistics have revealed a 29% increase in winter deaths during 2012/13, compared with the previous winter. The figures have raised concerns that the number could...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has spoken out about some of the challenges Scotland will face if it becomes independent from the UK, including cutting its...
RWE Npower has dropped plans to build a 240-turbine wind farm in the Bristol Channel that would have powered nearly 1m homes, saying it was “not...
The House of Lords will debate amendments to the financial services bill on Tuesday, with some focusing on reforming the banking sector following recent scandals and...
MPs and other parliamentary staff now have the option to pay into a credit union directly from their wages, thanks to a new service launched on...
The Environment Agency has said that flooding cost the UK £600m in 2012, with floods occurring one in every five days. The figures say that the cost...
Campaigners are putting pressure on European politicians to pass an amendment on legislation that would require large companies to assess and report the impacts they have...
Parliament has begun to discuss its single largest bill ever, on the much-criticised High Speed 2 project and its consequences on landscapes and communities. The hybrid...
Energy watchdog Ofgem has said that suppliers’ profits rose by 77% last year to £53 per home, but energy giants have claimed these figures are “out...
The risk posed to the global climate by escaping reserves of methane from under melting Arctic ice may be bigger than originally thought, according to a...
Anna Laycock, ethics manager at Ecology Building Society, reflects on recent media criticism of financial mutuals. Reading the headlines this weekend, you’d have been forgiven for...
A controversial oil pipeline development linking Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas may bring minimal economic benefits while generating a rush of high-risk oil investments,...
A survey from the Financial Times supplement FTfm has found that more than half of women working in asset management have been on the receiving end...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has moved to freeze the assets of a suspected boiler room scam, after a High Court judge last week agreed that...