David Cameron has defended the government’s position on bankers’ bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), but said he would veto any attempt by the...
The Labour party has called on the government to act upon EU rules that would cap the bonuses paid to banking executives. Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s...
Big six energy firm Npower has announced price cuts of 2.6%, amid growing pressure from consumer groups to pass on savings to customers after the government’s...
Travellers and commuters will face an average 2.8% increase when they travel by train in 2014, National Rail has confirmed. Most of the increases will take...
HM Revenue and Customs has “lost its nerve” in the fight against tax avoidance by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals, a committee of MPs has claimed....
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has criticised George Osborne’s efforts to push ahead with plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport, saying that a review...
Chancellor George Osborne announced in the autumn statement that investors are to receive tax relief when they invest in social enterprises and social impact bonds. However,...
Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response. This was the motion debated in 2009 by four global warming experts, at an event...
George Osborne said the economic recovery was well underway on Thursday when he delivered his autumn statement in parliament, but food poverty charity the Trussell Trust...
David Cameron has backed a European Union and China trade deal, as he visits the Asian country on a trade mission. However, he has admitted that...
The Co-operative Bank’s bondholders are set to vote on Friday for or against its rescue plan, which aims to plug the lender’s £1.5 billion black hole....
The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has revealed that he has been asked by George Osborne to review whether new powers should be...
The government is to introduce new legislation that will see the cost of taking out a payday loan capped, after a cross-party group of MPs backed...
A consumer survey has revealed that trust in the energy industry has fallen, amid concerns about rising energy prices. The Consumer Insight Tracker from Which? found...
Fifty-seven years to the day since Britain’s first nuclear power plant was officially opened by the Queen, the chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government...