Joining some of the UK's top bosses at a meeting of the Prime Minister's business advisory council in Downing Street yesterday, Sir Roger Carr urged David Cameron to �avoid the moral debate� about big businesses' tax affairs and get on with changing the ...

David Cameron today refused to challenge Google boss Eric Schmidt over the internet giant's tiny tax bill - despite hosting the business chief at a special Downing Street meeting over corporate tax avoidance.

The European Commission investigation into the possible manipulation of energy price benchmarks has widened, with Brussels seeking new information from trading houses, including Glencore, following last week's raids on oil majors.

The adjective was Sir Richard Branson's, his arch-rival on last year's bid. But the Virgin king had identified just why a company valued today at �750m was somehow pledging to repay the taxpayer �13bn by 2028 for the joys of running the London to Scotland ...

Households struggling with rising costs were told in no uncertain terms today to expect the squeeze on their incomes to continue for the foreseeable future as the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club warned above target inflation would be a fact of life for at ...