Doubts grow over procurement plan

With one main bidder at risk, privatisation plan meets growing opposition

Parents oppose childcare voucher changes

Treasury decision to scrap employer-led scheme hits snag

NHS watchdog seeks to unblock hospital mergers

Follows Competition Commission decision to veto Poole tie-up

Boris floats airport plan on HK stopover

London mayor cites Hong Kong hub as an example for the UK capital

Green energy costs to be ‘stress tested’

Ministers react to 9% rise in British Gas prices

UK nuclear deal with China a ‘new dawn’

Osborne announces pact between Chinese investors and EDF

Whitehall to shake up security categories

WWII system deemed unfit and will be adapted for digital age

A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter is pictured carrying an Army Land Rover as part of Exercise Wessex Thunder
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Defence outsource plan at risk of collapse

Potential lack of competition would signal end of process

EU probes Gibraltar tax regime

Deals for offshore groups and ‘patent box’ arrangments scrutinised

China role of banking watchdog queried

Tyrie questions plans allowing banks to operate as branches

Barclays in appeal over Libor allegations

Documents allege misconduct ‘goes further’ than expected

Talking about social mobility

Structural changes in the economy makes a subtle difference but one with important consequences for social policy

Social mobility ‘risks going into reverse’

Cable threatens action over zero hours

Business secretary says parliament will intervene if abuse occurs

Pressure mounts over police regulation

Calls grow for radical change or abolition of the IPCC

Royal Mail signals the great giveaway

Government has questions to answer about offering

Why George Osborne is in China

The UK’s weak export growth has several causes. There is only so much diplomacy can do about them

Bank of England defends unemployment target

Police chief calls for new regulator

Orde: forces need independent watchdog after ‘Plebgate’

MPs urge BBC Trust to challenge managers

Trustees should seek value for licence fee, says committee

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