Largest employers’ group calls for discussion on ‘the general climate policy framework’

George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity.

The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank warns.

Emergency at top of RBS in 2009 led to Sir Philip Hampton being parachuted into chairman’s job with just a few days’ warning

Local Labour MP John Denham has reacted angrily to the 8.2% hike in water bills by Southern Water, the highest increase in the country. He's accused Southern Water and the City Council of wasting money and driving up bills. Warning that many families will struggle to meet the new charges he said that it is particularly galling that Southern Water has to spend £500,000 on replacing a sew...

New figures published today have shown the steep falls in the detection rates of a range of serious crimes including murder, firearm offences, knife crime offences and rape. A fall in the 'sanction detection rates' means fewer offences are resulting in a prosecution (charge, caution or warning). The figures, which come from written answers from the Mayor of London, show sanction detectio...

Wales must be better marketed around the world if it is to stop the "steep decline" in inward investment, a report warns.

If there has to be peaceful protest, let it all look something like this! These women are protesting the fact that women have an extremely small share of the representation at the table both at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and at the table in governments around Europe. Ukrainian feminists protesting at the WEF (Warning: some frontal nudity) H/T Theo Spark Become a fan of The Political C...

Iain Duncan Smith says there could have been "chaos" if ministers had overruled the board of RBS and vetoed a £963,000 share bonus for its boss.

Statistics show a persistent north-south health divide but will cuts make it worse and should people take more personal responsibility for their own health?