Savage attack on coalition public spending cuts shows former chief economic adviser wants shadow chancellor role

Building supplies company Wolseley to make 269 redundant and Teesside chromium plant to close with loss of 138 jobs

Downturn hits mortgages and the RSPCA, which is dealing with more abandoned animals but suffering a decline in donations

The Great Recession isn't the first time that the US government has had to bailout companies or an industry. How does this bailout compare to those in the past?

Collection agency will increase workforce by half

British Airways, Tyneside cigarette filter company and Nortel Networks become latest firms to add to total of British redundancies