About 1,600 jobs could be at risk with clothing group Joules set to become the latest victim of the tough times hitting the retail sector. The Leicestershire-based company, which has 132 shops, said it intended to appoint administrators after...

The Department for Work and Pensions needs to "get a grip" on record levels of fraud and error in the benefits system and take responsibility for tackling the "eye-watering" sums, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that there are going to be "very difficult decisions" in next week's fiscal statement but insisted the UK was "resilient".

House prices in Britain fell for the first time in 28 months in October and rising mortgage costs threatened to put further pressure on the property market, a survey showed. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which measures...

The UK economy shrank between July and September as the country heads into what is expected to be the longest recession on record.

The British Airways will allow its male cabin crew and pilots “wear a touch of mascara” and lipstick. The airline wrote to all employees this week unveiling an updated uniform policy, which encourages staff to “be bold, be proud, be yourself”...

Eight million people on low incomes who receive certain benefits will start getting the second instalment of a targeted cost-of-living payment. The £324 payment would be made directly into bank accounts between now and 23 November, the Department...

The increase in women’s state pension age could force mothers and daughters to withdraw the free, informal care they give the UK’s rapidly ageing population, a paper has warned.

The government has announced an additional bank holiday to mark the coronation of King Charles III next year.