Misgivings about the ideological nature of Osborne's cuts agenda could be dispelled by protecting the HMRCThe star chamber is in session. Any foot-dra

We have an anaemic recovery at best. And the housing market, where this crisis began, remains in terrible shapeBack in January, US vice-president Joe

• Justin King and Michael Rake agree to join PM's advisory panel• Group likely to influence debate over spending cutsDavid Cameron has assembled an ad

President Hamid Karzai's brother calls for US to guarantee deposits amid fears collapse would threaten police and army salariesOfficials in Afghanista

British boss of cloud computing firm at centre of takeover battle between Hewlett-Packard and Dell lands massive rewardThe British boss of a little-kn

A sudden turnaround at Crocs proves the world never really fell out of love with its ugly plastic shoesCrocs were dismissed as a fashion fad, a flash

Scottish shellfish firm is to move south to the warmer waters of Lyme Bay, where it aims to produce up to 10,000 tonnes a yearPlans for the largest of

• ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House• BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today tha

Ed Balls slams new economic data as 'appalling' and calls for measures to boost jobs and growthPhillip InmanThe Bank of England is expected to maintai

Crumbling flats provided gritty, urban backdrop for Clint Eastwood film and TV shows including The Bill and SpooksLater this year when bulldozers begi

Supermarkets take pride in stocking local produce but distribution is 'complicated'More than a century ago Thomas Rodda began to sell his cream at mar

A rare positive surprise from the US jobs market and more bid talk helped the FTSE 100 end the week on a high note as worries about a dip back into gl

Tycoon released on bail while prosecutors track down 183 witnesses before Polly Peck hearing next monthSeventeen years after he fled Britain Asil Nadi

The non-farm payroll figures were hailed as good news. But they weren't that goodIt is a sign of how low expectations for the US economy have fallen t

Former Labour MP Chris Mullin's diaries offer juicy insights into Gordon Brown's intemperance and paranoia•I shall get round to reading Tony Blair's b

Tandem, the London-listed toys and bikes company, had been bracing for a potentially damaging Toy Story market flood, but today it has reassured inves

The White House's latest play: too late substantively, maybe just barely not too late politicallyTo utterly no one's surprise, the August jobs report

With the opening of the Taj Cape Town, will the city prove the broken windows theory of urban decay?The broken windows theory of urban decay first app

The GOP posture as fiscal hawks, but the reality of cutting taxes and repealing healthcare would blow out the budget"I'm not afraid to tell you there'

About 54,000 jobs lost, far fewer than the 100,000 expected, easing fears of a second US recession Barack Obama pledged to bring forward a raft of fre

There's no need to accept the slashers' unambitious prescription of anaemic growth and high unemployment after a crisisThe government has made great r

Markets were cheered this afternoon by much better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls data, which showed the economy lost just 54,000 jobst in August,

Outlook grim for construction sector after orders for private and public housing fell by almost 25% in second quarter of yearBritain's construction in

Government's chief environmental scientist says emissions have actually risen, rather than fallen, because of carbon in imported goods• West blamed fo

• Fugitive tycoon returns to UK after 17 years• Q&A: Asil Nadir trial• How Polly Peck collapsed• Profile: Asil NadirAsil Nadir, the fugitive business

The FTSE 100 is up for the sixth day running this morning, shaking off a weaker-than-expected report on Britain's dominant services sector with trader

Louisiana coastguard confirms fire is out and all 13 workers are safe