Friday, 18 July 2008 @ 02:20
Treasury may relax fiscal rules
Officials in the Treasury are looking at ways of relaxing Gordon Brown's so-called fiscal rules on government finances.
Friday, 18 July 2008 @ 01:22
Gas bills 'to top £1,000 a year'
Energy bills could rise by more than 60% within the next few years, the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier warns.
Friday, 18 July 2008 @ 00:16
IMF raises world economic targets
The IMF says the global economy has weathered the impact of the credit crunch better than first feared.
Thursday, 17 July 2008 @ 15:16
Recorded crime figures show fall
Police-recorded crime in England and Wales fell 9% last year, but people still think it's going up, figures show.
Thursday, 17 July 2008 @ 14:36
Troop compensation to be doubled
The government is to double the level of compensation offered to the UK's most gravely wounded troops.
Thursday, 17 July 2008 @ 14:20
Canoe husband 'cheated on wife'
The wife of canoeist John Darwin tells a court she considered leaving him after finding out he had an affair.
Thursday, 17 July 2008 @ 14:18
Court 'vindicates' McCann suspect
Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says £600,000 libel damages from UK newspapers "vindicates" him.
Thursday, 17 July 2008 @ 00:59
Court seeks to stay US executions
The US is advised not to execute five Mexican nationals on death row by the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 @ 23:50
Beirut welcomes freed prisoners
Hezbollah's leader gives a personal welcome in Beirut to militants released by Israel in return for two soldiers' remains.