The UK economy seems to be in a period of very slow growth or possibly even stagnation. At the same time, the Government is repeatedly reminding us that smaller businesses will be the engines of growth and job creation in the recovery.

Here are the details of the fees that universities and colleges in England are planning to charge next year (2012/13).

The recession and a squeeze on household incomes is hitting donations to charities, which are down £70m on last year.

Arianna Huffington will personally launch the UK version of her American blog-based news website, The Huffington Post, next week. For the irrepressible Athens-born former Cambridge University student and BBC presenter, this is a crucial return to the country she once called home.

The Social Liberal Forum, which triggered the party's revolt against the NHS reforms, is made up of renegades with a mission. Matt Chorley joins the SLR at City University London

Some experts now say we should eat eight or more – while others say fruit and veg are over-hyped. Toby Manning goes in search of the magic number

All bar one of England's 130 universities had their spending slashed for the next academic year yesterday.

That Apple makes money from apps is not news. But it's the way it works that has hacked off fanboys and disenchanted developers. Ian Burrell examines how loyalty has been tested to the limit

The TUC general secretary tells James Moore why softly-softly tactics are needed as the Coalition wields the axe

Peter Andry, the classical record executive and producer, spent more than 50 years making records for Decca, EMI and Warner Classics. Among the performers with whom he collaborated were conductors such as Bernstein, Klemperer and Von Karajan and performers like Callas, Carreras and Domingo.

Architects and developers queue up for a chance to install the Levytator – the moving staircase which can glide round corners

Age: 44

Inside the mind of Britain's most controversial judge

The founder of Tindle Newspapers tells Matthew Bell how his empire defies the nay-sayers