New Yorker Kimberly Davis has become the latest candidate to be sacked from The Apprentice - and said in the real world she would have fired Philip Taylor and Lorraine Tighe from her team herself.Read
The main opposition party leaders have failed to agree a common approach to the reform of MPs' expenses as Gordon Brown defended plans for a new daily allowance for attending the Commons.Read
The Chancellor has announced plans to create or support 250,000 jobs as part of a package of measures to stem the rise in unemployment and help jobseekers, particularly the young, find work.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling has targeted high earners with a new 50p top rate of tax in an attempt to rebuild Britain's battered public finances as he revealed that borrowing will this year soar to a record £175 billion.Read
A musician who wrote the haunting organ part of pop classic A Whiter Shade Of Pale has gone to the House of Lords in a bid to win a share of the song's royalties.Read
Kate and Gerry McCann have flown to the United States for an interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show to mark two years since their daughter Madeleine's disappearance.Read
A six-year-old girl died of kidney disease after a GP failed to carry out a simple blood test that would have saved her life, an inquest has heard.Read
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn a claim that Britain faces a bill for almost £200 billion for the bank bailout, the Treasury has said.Read
The Chancellor has announced plans to create or support 250,000 jobs as part of a package of measures to stem the rise in unemployment and help jobseekers, particularly the young, find work.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling has gambled on a rapid economic recovery to rebuild Britain's battered finances as he revealed this year's borrowing would hit a record £175 billion.Read
The Chancellor has announced plans to create or support 250,000 jobs as part of a package of measures to stem the rise in unemployment and help jobseekers, particularly the young, find work.Read
The Chancellor has attempted to kickstart the ailing motor industry by introducing a "cash for bangers" car-scrappage scheme in this year's Budget.Read
The Government has been given grim jobs news ahead of the Budget when new figures showed that unemployment has soared to its highest level since Labour came to power in 1997.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to set out his view of Britain's prospects for economic recovery as he delivers one of the most anxiously awaited Budgets of recent years.Read
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn a claim that Britain faces a bill for almost £200 billion for the bank bailout, the Treasury said.Read
Official figures out today are expected to show public borrowing soared above £90 billion for the financial year - far exceeding the Chancellor's own predictions.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to set out his view of Britain's prospects for economic recovery as he delivers one of the most anxiously awaited Budgets of recent years.Read
The Government is braced for a bout of pre-Budget bad news, with new unemployment figures expected to show another huge increase in the number of people out of work.Read
Cloned human embryos were transferred into the wombs of four women in an attempt to give birth to the world's first cloned baby, it has been reported.Read
The lawyer acting for three of nine men released after a suspected bomb plot probe have described their arrests and detention as a "very serious breach of their human rights".Read
