Culture Secretary’s involvement with Murdoch under spotlight as ex-adviser and News Corp lobbyist give evidence.

Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, according to the survey of purchasing managers by Markit.

Inflation has fallen to three per cent and that is good news for savers. We round-up the best accounts to [...]

Culture Secretary’s involvement with Murdoch empire under spotlight as former adviser and News Corp lobbyist give evidence.

A woman priest tipped as a future bishop has compared senior Church of England figures to wife beaters.

Prime Minister makes clear his anger after other EU leaders try to persuade UK again to agree to a financial [...]

Investor mood remains fragile after an EU summit generated no new initiatives to tackle the region’s debt crisis.

A record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences, according to figures for 2011.

A string of fire service control rooms that have never been used are costing taxpayers more than £1 million every [...]

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures [...]