Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, finance minister Geo(...)

Tentative agreement has been reached on the EU’s seven- year budget, with Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and the European Parliament’s chief negotiator Alain (...)

Chinese firm Dalian Wanda has revealed a £1 billion investment in the UK after snapping up the yacht manufacturer Sunseeker and unveiling plans for a luxury five-star hotel.  Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Wire

A Chinese firm has revealed a £1 billion (€1.17 billion) investment in the UK after snapping up a yacht manufacturer and unveiling plans for a luxury (...)

Reckless bank bosses should be jailed and pay rules overhauled to end rewards for failure, according to a report by MPs and peers.The Parliamentary Co(...)

Incoming governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney  is bringing Bank of Canada’s chief spokesman to London with him, in a two-year secondment that could signal a more open style of communications under his leadership. Photograph: Reuters/Michael Buholzer

Mark Carney does not take up his role as governor of the Bank of England until next month, but he has already made what may well prove to be one of th(...)

The Ireland funds Business Plan Competition 2013 took place in Dublin. Pictured are Richard Miller and Matthew Kyle of RMK Securities, watched by Matthew and Alex Moran, whose mother Ollwyn of Creeper Crawlers was also competing.

A babygro that aids neurological development in babies took top honours at the Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition which took place in Dublin yest(...)

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the G8 on Tuesday at Lough Erne,   Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph:  Stefan Rousseau/ WPA Pool /Getty Images

Global leaders meeting in Co Fermanagh signed a 10-point plan to stamp out aggressive tax evasion and avoidance by big business. Although the leaders (...)

 Rob Kearney of the Lions is tackled during the  match against the ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at Canberra Stadium. Photograph:   David Rogers/Getty Images

Brumbies 14 Lions 12: Warren Gatland gambled on sacrificing the Lions’ unbeaten record by picking his non-test team and a makeshift backline four day(...)

Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers (left), Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (second left), Taoiseach Enda Kenny (second right) and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (right) arrive at this year’s G8 Summit on Lough Erne near Enniskillen. Photograph: PA

The G8 summit has a smart-casual dress code, according to Britain’s chancellor George Osborne who was defending his Prime Minister greeting world lead(...)

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso speaks at a news conference before the start of a G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Tax avoidance was nearly knocked off the G8 agenda when Barack Obama announced that the US would provide military support to the Syrian opposition for(...)

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