George Osborne has used his annual Mansion House speech to the City to announce the government is preparing to sell its stake in Lloyds Bank back to private investors.
The Treasury is “actively considering” steps to return partially state-owned Lloyds Bank to the private sector, and may offer some shares to the public, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced.
Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King is being made a peer, Downing Street confirmed.
Police have been asked to launch an investigation into the allegations of a cover-up at the health regulator, it has emerged.
Britain is in a “very parlous state” morally because of a lack of vision about what kind of society we want, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85bn-a-month (£54bn) asset purchase programme, as investors await a press conference by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke.
One of the oddest creatures on the planet has given up the secret of its immunity to cancer.
The Queen and Camilla shared a carriage, and a colour, as they arrived in glorious sunshine for day two of Royal Ascot.
The Queen and Camilla shared a carriage, and a colour, as they arrived in glorious sunshine for day two of Royal Ascot.
Rihanna hit a fan in the face with her microphone at her show last night.