Starbucks is not being bullied over its tax affairs despite the Prime Minister telling firms to “wake up and smell the coffee,” the Conservative Party chairman, Grant Shapps, insisted today.

Algeria will need international help to better fight terrorism, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mourad Medelci, acknowledged yesterday. His remarks come just a week after his government was criticised for rejecting offers of help to deal with the four-day crisis at a gas plant which left at least 37 hostages and 29 militants dead.

The man the Government has pinned its hopes on to steer the UK out of the financial crisis has warned that he cannot single-handedly get rid of risks to the economy.

Algeria's foreign minister has admitted that his government's security forces made mistakes during the hostage crisis at the In Amenas gas plant, in which 38 civilians and 29 militants died, including six British nationals.

Greenpeace activist Ben Stewart manages to snap Cameron, Osborne and Boris Johnson tucking into pizza and fondue during the World Economic Forum

David Cameron pledged to use Britain’s G8 presidency to clamp down on “cowboy” multinational firms that avoid paying UK corporation tax.

Christine Lagarde uses World Economic Forum speech to attack gap between rich and poor

David Cameron will this week finally deliver his long-delayed speech promising a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union.

Mayor of London planning trips this year to China, the Gulf and South America to “sell” London as a place to do business

Buy a home there and enjoy a 1 per cent mortgage, the world's best quality of life, and an ultra-safe economy

David Cameron's latest Cabinet reshuffle pushes UK down the international gender-equality league

An Independent on Sunday investigation to mark International Women's Day unearths some surprising results...

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