Weak UK retail sales alongside strengthening tax revenues provided a mixed economic backdrop ahead of Wednesday's International Monetary Fund verdict on the British economy.

SSE has warned that consumers should brace themselves for further increases in energy bills, as the London-listed energy group reported a jump in full-year pre-tax profit and bolstered its dividend.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said this morning that it had completed its review of Lloyds and RBS and that the bank could both generate enough capital through retained profits and restructuring their operations to meet the regulator's minimum ...

In his penultimate meeting as Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn, who retires at the end of June, was outvoted for a fourth consecutive month in calling for a �25bn increase in quantitative easing.

Lost tax revenue from money salted away offshore is costing governments more than $150bn (�99bn) a year, Oxfam has found - enough to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe twice over.

Britain's biggest building society posted a 3.4pc rise in pre-tax profits to �210m for the year to April 2013, from �203m last year.

The green deal, the flagship environmental policy of the UK's coalition government intended to make the country's homes more energy efficient, has received a fresh blow after an influential committee of MPs blasted the government on Wednesday morning for ...

More than 50 English beaches have met tough new EU standards to receive Blue Flag awards, recognising their high standards and water quality.

Nearly 2m workers will be hit by tax demands as HM Revenue & Customs starts to correct tax mistakes in the pay as you earn system for 2012/2013.

Projected retirement income is lower for women, according to the Prudential. New research from the Prudential reveals that one in six peoplke retiring this year have no private pension provision and that the problem is worse for women.