New Bank of England guidance policy could see interest rates held for foreseeable future

Robert Mugabe has blatantly cheated his electorate, and once again there is little anyone can do to prevent his seventh term in office

The moderate cleric becomes president of Iran after receiving endorsement from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

At a media breakfast on Tuesday Andrew Sentance, the in-house economist for Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, pointed out an oddity in the national income figures.

A nation of Britons 'living for now' are infact living on the edge when it comes to finances

Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has flown into a fresh storm of controversy after unveiling a 9 per cent surge in half-year operating profit to £1.58bn only months after hiking household bills.

Professor Sir George Bain says the value of minimum wage has fallen because it hasn't kept pace with inflation

Odds stacked against Tsvangirai as opposition candidates are harrassed  and fake voter registration appears widespread

The public want politicians to feel their pain as incomes fall behind inflation – and to know what they are going to do about it

Aston Martin in Daimler tie-up

Bosses at Heathrow airport have submitted a new, lower figure for the amount they say they should be allowed to charge airlines for using it from 2014 to 2019.

The economy may be growing, but inequality is rising more quickly than in 1980s, report warns

Clever move could open the way for general current account charges

Essentials such as energy and food are going up faster than prices generally, while wages stagnate