The Coast Guard opened a public hearing earlier this month that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the ...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee sounded a cautious tone in its decision to keep the UK base rate the same.

A new campaign is being launched to help more older people start their own businesses. Startup School for Seniors has funding from local authorities across the country to offer an online course aimed ...

JCB has posted a jump in profits for the past year but warned over “challenging” conditions in the UK construction market. The Staffordshire-based firm, well known for its yellow excavators and ...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are ...

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the headlines around free gifts for senior party figures mattered in the ‘short-term’.

Average prices for petrol and diesel have fallen by nearly 7p per litre on forecourts over the last month, reaching their lowest level in nearly three years. Typical per-litre petrol prices have ...

National Savings and Investments has sent a "next working day" warning to anybody with Premium Bonds. The treasury-backed provider said there could be issues relating to bank account payments and ...

The New Economics Foundation have warned that the deductions, meant to repay debts including emergency advance payments and previous overpayments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), have ...

People have been urged to check their change after a "botched" £1 coin turned out to be worth 600 times its face value. 62-year-old Diane Bath, who runs a Post Office in Cumbria, took delivery of ...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for parts of England amid concerns that affected areas could see more than a month’s worth of rain falling on Monday.

The Chancellor said all Government departments had communications budgets they could use to promote their activities.