Illegal downloading of music, films and television programmes cost Britain 39,000 jobs and retail losses of £1.4 billion in 2008, a report has claimed.Read
Lord Ashcroft has been accused of "terrible discourtesy" for failing to respond to an inquiry into the controversial circumstances surrounding his peerage.Read
Police investigating the deaths of two teenagers believed to have taken the legal drug mephedrone issued further warnings after a man was arrested in a separate incident.Read
Gordon Brown is to clarify his evidence to the Iraq Inquiry after conceding that the defence budget has not risen in real terms every year under Labour, he told MPs.Read
The Children's Commissioner said she had apologised to the mother of James Bulger following her comment about raising the age of criminal responsibility.Read
The Government was given a pre-election boost on the jobs front when unemployment fell and there was a huge cut in the numbers claiming jobseeker's allowance.Read
British Airways cabin crew leaders have called on the Government to launch an urgent investigation into the "rushing through" of 1,000 volunteer staff to help break this weekend's strike.Read
The UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector will be able to sustain 100,000 jobs by 2030 and generate up to £6.5 billion a year, the Government has claimed.Read
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has pledged an extra £23 million for frontline social work as a key Government adviser raised concerns that a shortage of funding could be putting children at risk.Read