TORY rebels are set to hold talks with Labour on Monday to thrash out a deal to overturn Nick Clegg's plans to hold a referendum on changing the voting system on the same

Handelsblatt reports on the Commission’s proposals for stricter regulation and supervision of the derivatives market, to be published later in the month. According to a draft of the proposal seen by the paper, the Commission plans to take a "central role" in regulating "bilaterally traded derivatives [which] will have to be processed through a central counterparty".

The former prime minister plans to do unpaid work for three global good causes in a move widely seen as a side-swipe at the millionaire lifestyle of Tony Blair, who published his memoirs this week

The quango that owns the canal network could be taken out of state control and turned into a mutual under plans put forward by its management before the autumn spending review

Gordon Brown has announced his future plans, which include working to increase global access to education and boosting internet use in Africa.

Travellers could plan their trips in a one-stop shop, buying just one ticket for a journey with multiple means of transport instead of going through different long and complex ticketing procedures, if plans from the European Commission go ahead. 

Seven EU countries and the European Parliament have told the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the European Commission's plans for a single patent court are unacceptable, EurActiv has learned. The move leaves Europe deeply divided on an issue that goes to the heart of efforts to boost innovation and competitiveness.

Private landlords who run "party flats" in Scotland will be issued with Asbos to clamp down on antisocial behaviour caused by visiting stag and hen parties under plans

SNP politicians are seeking assurances about 4,000 Scottish shipbuilding jobs after it emerged that defence chiefs are looking at plans to share the use of aircraft carriers w

The coalition is under pressure to protect struggling companies from banks that could use the recovery to sell their assets and recoup loans after it emerged that Conservatives have quietly dropped plans for sweeping bankruptcy reform