A landmark scheme to automatically place millions of people into workplace pensions is now under way, with many workers saving for their future for less than the cost of a weekly pint of beer.

The UK government has activated a £2 million emergency plan to help tackle a cholera epidemic sweeping through Sierra Leone.

They were the close-knit group of backroom colleagues who propelled Mr Cameron into Downing Street – sharing junk food, long-distance train trips and the frustration of opposition.

A report out this week will agree with millions of leaseholders and consumer campaigners: it's time for a system fit for purpose

Two universities are negotiating deals to outsource their services to private companies, in what could be a new model for higher education.

The private firm at the centre of the Olympics security shambles is looking to hire former police officers as civilian investigators to work on sensitive, high-profile cases.

Philip Hammond says Olympic chaos forced policy rethink

Treasury is the worst-hit department as four Civil Service heads follow each other out of the door

I question whether these new self-employed jobs, especially part-time ones, are good jobs

A leading minister has said the government is committed to building a new wave of nuclear power stations despite recent blows to the programme.

A leading minister has said the government is committed to building a new wave of nuclear power stations despite recent blows to the programme.

Private security firm G4S initially suggested its problems supplying Olympic guards were “teething problems” which would be resolved, Theresa May said today.

Formula One team chiefs who started out as drivers or mechanics win twice as many races as rivals who are engineers or have management skills acquired outside the sport, according to research conducted by London’s Cass Business School and the University of Sheffield where academics analysed almost 18,000 races in the 60+-year history of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Another 1,200 troops were put on standby to provide Olympics security tonight as the fallout from the G4S chaos continued.