Treasury chief secretary says Labour can meet its plan to halve the £178bn budget deficit by 2014 without any further tax rises

British Airways staff have voted to strike over a long-running dispute with the troubled flag carrier. Without a crew, flights will not be quite the same, says Jonathan Guthrie

There isn't space on a Google Adwords advert to put in an election imprint. So what happens if you run the adverts without an imprint? A case in Florida has put this to the test.

EU plans to exempt smallest firms from having to draw up annual accounts came under fire from a leading European small business group yesterday (10 March), claiming it will distort the internal market without cutting red tape. 

On March 1st in France, immigrants were encouraged to stay at home, protest, and spend nothing as a nationwide protest against the country's latent problems with immigration and national identity. Their aim was to make their compatriots see how different their country would look and sound if France's minorities did not exist. The demonstration also sought to highlight the economic contri...

The EU should impose a financial transactions tax (FTT) as soon as possible, with or without the US, economist Jeffrey Sachs told EurActiv in an interview. Faced with huge budget deficits and public anger, both the US and the EU will have to impose the tax soon, predicted the American economist.

A new National Security Council, set up by the Conservatives, would ensure that future decisions about war were not taken "without notes" or just by the Prime Minister just having "little chats" with a close cabal of advisers.

Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs should explain why their party's promises of £71 million in savings at Cornwall Council have proved to be as much rubbish as the county's growing waste mountain, says Jude Robinson, Labour candidate in Camborne, Redruth & Hayle. Jude said: "Without the promised savings, taxpayers face higher bills and savage cuts. Government funding for Cornwall is ...

Going to the #senedd now to support pcs union. Cant understand why lib dems not supporting them. Tories same as ever on this agenda.Bethan Jenkins AM Perhaps they're not supporting them because they understand that the Welsh Assembly serves the people of Wales and needs to function without the threat of being closed by union action. The House of Commons is apparently unaffected by union actio...

Analysis of the handwriting of the leaders of the three main political parties today found that Gordon Brown ''won't be told what to do'', David Cameron is ''skilled at talking his way in and out of things'' and Nick Clegg can ''get what he wants without aggression''.