Business Secretary says sports stars' rewards "reflect merits" as he sets out plans to of reform pay of top executives in the City.

If you add together nonfinance executives, “financial professions”, real estate, and lawyers, you’ve got more than 70 percent of the total; plus some of the other categories are probably essentially business executives too. Basically, the top 0.1 percent is the corporate suits, with a few token sports and film stars thrown in.

After Christmas I will be examining the UK’s role as a host to the super rich. It is our Wimbledon tendency, our willingness to invite in multi millionaire stars, business people and lucky inheritors of wealth to the UK who do not pay full UK taxes. They come enjoy our country, use our facilities, win

Tony Blair tried to get down with the kids entertaining Britpop stars at Downing Street but does a little bit of the star dust rub off on the politicians?

Celebrity investments can go down as well as up, warns Nigel Farndale.

Tom Conti, Dame Janet Suzman, Jenny Seagrove, Linda Bellingham, Bill Paterson, Roger Lloyd Pack and other stars of stage and screen have joined the huge wave of opposition to Westminster City Council's plans to introduce evening and Sunday parking charges of up to £4.80p an hour in the West End by signing a massive 7,700 name petition to be presented to the Council at its meeting on 2nd...

Some figures out there on the right enjoy a popularity within their chosen constituency greater than mainstream politicians. One such is MEP Daniel Hannan, much loved by the “stars” of Fox News and libertarians in the UK. Hannan is also a valued member of the bear pit that is Telegraph blogland, where yesterday he joined the chorus rubbishing the protests outside the London Stock Excha...

A fresh addition to the annals of "lies that Hollywood publicists tell on behalf of the rich and famous" was recently made by one Jason Weinberg, an influential Los Angeles talent rep whose roster of clients includes such high-profile stars as Madonna, Demi Moore and Lindsay Lohan.

A fresh addition to the annals of "lies that Hollywood publicists tell on behalf of the rich and famous" was recently made by one Jason Weinberg, an influential Los Angeles talent rep whose roster of clients includes such high-profile stars as Madonna, Demi Moore and Lindsay Lohan.

Chuka Umunna and Rachel Reeves among rising stars handed senior positions as Ed Miliband decides on shadow cabinet.