He wants to halve number of passengers checking in bags and says making passengers pay for cabin baggage is also a possibility

Teenagers should be told to drop the idea that a traditional three-year university degree course is the only route to a top job, Britain’s businesses warn today.

A career civil servant has been appointed deputy governor of the Bank of England in charge of financial stability. Sir Jon Cunliffe, currently the UK's permanent representative to the European Union, will replace Paul Tucker from November.

Financial giant is accused of exploiting rules over metal warehousing in order to manipulate commodity prices

Simon Calder summarises the south-east airport expansion options - and gives his odds on their chances

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Britain’s biggest high street insurer Swinton was slapped with a £7.38m fine after it was caught mis-selling “add-on” insurance to more than 650,000 people.

Britain's City watchdog paid three top directors £803,000 to leave the organisation, according to its final annual report published yesterday.

The watchdog had misgivings over the deal to buy Lloyds branches but the pretence went on

The star rainmaker fighting a £450,000 Financial Services Authority fine for allegedly leaking inside information could have "made up" information in an email at the centre of the case.

Ian Hannam, the former soldier who became one of the City's best-known advisers on big corporate takeovers, yesterday opened the first day of his appeal against the fine and censure he received alleging he used insider information to help a client.

As many as 30,000 people could be in line for compensation payments if their banks failed to cancel continuous payment authorities used by payday lenders and gyms.

Ministers should be held to account by Governor, banking report recommends