Blow for Osborne after paving way for multibillion sell-off

Union leaders today claimed that mobile phone giant O2 plans to make a further 400 workers redundant.

But unemployment rate remains well above pre-crisis levels and pay growth is still weak

Workers settling for less just to stay in a job, survey claims

Doug Lucie says his 1980s play about privilege and the disaffected still rings true

Signs of recovery in the jobs market will add more fuel to hopes of an economic revival this week even as workers' salaries fail to keep pace with inflation.

Writer Jonah Lehrer first learned he had been rumbled, as a plagiarist and fabricator, from a voicemail.

'We will tackle the deep, long-term causes of social security spending and tackle the costs of failure like housing benefit'

Developers of Draw Something find themselves out of work

In the face of a seemingly never-ending recession, a group of Italian workers is attempting to reassume control of its own destiny by occupying the factory that laid them off – in order to start their own business.

Last week the charity Debt Advice Foundation warned that more women than men are likely to apply for personal insolvencies this year.

Redundancy and homelessness are grim legacies of austerity measures

A known radical Islamist was arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a French soldier yesterday, after DNA discovered on a juice bottle was used to identify him.

Economic View: Reform fatigue is mounting as visible results in growth and jobs fail to materialise