Conservative co-chairman Baroness Warsi is facing calls for an investigation into her expenses over allegations that she claimed for overnight accommodation when staying at a friend's house rent-free.

Donations to political parties rose to just under £9 million in the first quarter of 2012 - up £1.9 million on the previous three months, Electoral Commission figures show.

David Cameron was urged to "come clean" yesterday and order a fully independent investigation of Conservative fundraising methods after it emerged that the party's internal inquiry into the cash-for-access scandal has no specific mention of the Prime Minister or Downing Street in its remit.

Sir Harold Evans, editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981, described his former employer Rupert Murdoch as "evil incarnate" in his evidence yesterday to the Leveson Inquiry.

Leading figures from the worlds of media, politics, and the arts gathered to pay emotional tribute to "bravest of the brave" war correspondent Marie Colvin.

The maker of Birds Eye fish fingers has followed Weetabix as the latest household British brand to attract takeover interest from Asia.

Independent on Sunday: Pay and eco protesters head back to the City

The wealth of Britain's richest men and women is back in record territory despite the continuing economic slump.

In theory, the post of next Governor of the Bank of England won't even be advertised for several months.

In theory the post of next Governor of the Bank of England won't even be advertised for several months.

The allegedly respected Thatcherite knows a thing or two about the media

UK's richest give highest proportion of wealth in a decade but philanthropic trend may be at risk

Mary Beard's ancient Rome was a dangerous city where people got by on their pluck and wits

It is a fallacy that Rupert Murdoch is interested only in the bottom line. He's keener to have his voice heard than many think