Banks and other companies that are helping clients to evade taxes could face fines in the future. Reports suggest that chancellor George Osborne will use next...
Labour’s environment secretary Maria Eagle will deliver her party’s promises on improving air quality, tackling climate change and ending the badger cull at the Labour’s annual...
Economic growth forecasts are being undermined by a lack of investment in UK businesses and the number of young people claiming jobseeker’s allowance, the British Chamber...
Some of the worst impacts of the recent floods could have been avoided if the government had used a more forward-looking water management strategy, a group...
The Co-operative Bank was given “winks and nods” by politicians to finalise deals that ultimately led to its near collapse, according to the former chairman of...
MPs are expected to vote today on whether to release funds so the government can begin spending on the controversial HS2 rail project. The remaining stages...
A controversial scheme that aims to boost the housing market, by allowing people in England to take out 95% mortgages, will be launched this week, three...
Scrapping plans to build the controversial HS2 rail link would be “a disaster”, the transport secretary has warned, as David Cameron admitted there is a limit...
The chairman of the controversial high speed rail project HS2 has said it must be backed by all three main political parties, and that the country desperately needs it. Sir David...
The controversial HS2 high speed rail project has been “totally mismanaged” and should be dropped if there are better ways to spend the £50 billion required,...
The shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the Labour party is in favour of a decarbonisation target for 2030 and ready to provide a boost to...
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for the UK to “unlock major investment” in renewable energy, in an article written for the New Statesman. The article,...