Tax Breaks For Married Couples 'Before 2015'

Tax breaks for married couples will be introduced by David Cameron before the next election, according to a Treasury minister. David Gauke has moved to reassure Tory backbenchers amid growing concern in the party about how much support is being offered...

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iPhone 5 'Slowest' In Smartphone Speed Test

Apple's iPhone 5 has turned out to be the slowest smartphone in a test of seven handsets by Which?, the consumer watchdog. It is possibly the world's best-known mobile, but it ended up at the bottom of the Geekbench 2 technical evaluation of the...

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Come And Get Our Cash, RBS Tells UK Companies

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is poised to reignite the bitter political debate about business lending by telling thousands of its corporate customers: "come and get our money". Sky News has learnt that in recent weeks...

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China: US Factory Boss Describes 'Insane' Dispute

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent in Qiaozi, China An American businessman who has been held hostage in his Chinese factory for six days over an industrial dispute has described his situation as "absolutely insane". Chip Starnes spoke to Sky News...

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Direct Line Cuts 2,000 Jobs In New Cost Drive

The insurance group Direct Line wants to cut approximately 2,000 jobs as part of new cost-cutting plans. The majority of the anticipated job losses, Direct Line said, would come from head office and support functions though it did not rule out some...

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BP Battles 'False' Gulf Spill Damages Claims

BP is stepping up its campaign to prevent what could be billions of dollars worth of claims against it relating to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The oil firm is placing full-page advertisements in three of America's largest newspapers on Wednesday as...

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Interest Rate Rise 'Threatens Borrowers'

The Bank of England has ordered City regulators to assess the "significant" threat from a sharp rise in interest rates to debt-laden households, banks and finance firms. In its quarterly financial stability report, it echoed comments to MPs by outgoing...

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Rolling Stones To Get Some BMG Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones have decided to get some satisfaction - by signing up with a German company to protect their music rights. BMG is to represent the group's music publishing catalogue, as the band celebrates the release of its first single in June...

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Spending Review: The Key Points

The main announcements from Chancellor George Osborne in his spending review for 2015/16 as outlined to MPs in the Commons: WELFARE: :: Reforms to include the 'welfare cap' set in Budget statement annually from April 2015 for four years, though state...

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Spending Review: Osborne Wields The Axe Again

Public sector workers, benefit claimants and ex-pat pensioners have all been hit under the Chancellor's drastic plans for extra spending cuts. George Osborne declared Britain was "moving out of intensive care and from rescue to recovery" but warned...

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