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If you have a pension, or a string of ISAs, then you are watching – for the second time in a decade – your wealth destroyed. European stock markets are now 20 per cent off their peak in the middle of last year.
To tackle the obesity crisis, a “sugar tax” should be levied, alongside other measures to restrict the marketing of high sugar foods and drinks to children, health officials recommend.
Dodgy numbers have plagued the debate on whether Britain should stay in the EU. Has the Stay campaign done any better?
An exclusive film reveals how Isis in Syria and Iraq systematically recruits children as young as eight to become soldiers and suicide bombers, and exacts brutal punishment on those who defy them.
Siobhan Kennedy
You could argue that it’s us the taxpayer – the people who bailed out RBS in the first place – that should have been given first dibs to buy the shares.
The government has sold a 5.2 per cent stake in RBS for 330p a share – £2.1bn. But was it a billion pound loss or an astute financial decision in an uncertain market?
The killing of Cecil the lion, one of Zimbabwe’s best known and most studied animals, has sparked a debate about the ethics of big game trophy hunting – but what is it?
Ministers say the taxpayer will end up making a profit after bailing out the banks to the tune of £100bn. But are they telling us the whole story?
Ed Miliband made a big pitch to voters today in a speech to the Labour faithful in Clydebank. Some opinion polls are suggesting the party could face a landslide defeat by the SNP north of the border, but Mr Miliband spent more time talking about the Conservatives than the threat from the nationalists. Not that…
Alex Salmond is branded “terrifying” and “arrogant” as he sets out negotiations for any post-election SNP deal with Labour.
While Labour is tight lipped and ultra-orthodox at present, it is entirely possible to imagine the common ground of a Labour-SNP-Green coalition, or a “supply and confidence” type arrangement.
Labour sets out plans to shake up private renting, with letting fees banned, longer tenancies and an end to “excessive” rent increases.
Now the euphoria in Greece has subsided, it is being matched by astonishment in Berlin and the European Union institutions.
Siobhan Kennedy
While official figures show Britain’s economy grew in the last quarter of 2014, there are reasons why we shouldn’t celebrate just jet.
Saudi Arabia’s new monarch, 79-year-old King Salman, takes over after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah – but is his future heir the only likely break from a controversial family rule?