HSBC could be hit by strikes across its UK business after it warned more than 3,000 staff their jobs could be axed in its latest cost-cutting drive.

HSBC announced job cuts today, impacting on thousands of its staff, over the “changing nature” of the business as well as regulation.

Nursing leaders were accused tonight by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, of putting the interests of their profession above patient care after they called Government reforms a “really stupid idea”.

Thousands of passengers face a difficult day of disruption after Lufthansa cancelled the majority of its flights scheduled due to a strike over pay.

‘His judgement was excellent,’ Shirley Williams said of him. ‘He rang true on everything’

Only ratings of 'good' and 'outstanding' will be acceptable warns Ofsted chief

Deputy Prime Minister challenged Thatcher's legacy over apartheid and gay rights

But current foreign leaders are less well represented at service

Campaigners have chained themselves to the gate of a naval base in protest against the nuclear missiles stored there.

It can inspire you to follow in your parents’ footsteps – or embarrass you to death, discovers Simon Usborne

The minutes of the last meeting of the US Federal Reserve arrived five hours earlier than expected today, with the record showing a growing debate about whether the central bank should begin rolling back its stimulus measures as early as mid-year.

Today being the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland, it seems as good excuse to revive anecdotes about the slightly made Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam, who did so much to make it possible while slowly dying of a malignant brain tumour.

Only 19 per cent of GPs said that they would continue to be in the profession beyond the age of 64

“La Dama de Hierro” has passed away. Argentina’s media has always embraced the Iron Lady title, a nickname that in its eyes went hand-in-hand with a bellicose and colonialist outlook.