Corporate tax avoidance is rapidly becoming a big political issue. To most right thinking people the idea that multinational giants like Amazon and Starbucks avoid paying their fair share of tax is unacceptable.

The government too has reason to be unhappy. The treasury desperately needs to increase tax receipts if...

From start to finish The Tour of Britain has felt like one massive celebration of British sport and cycling. And it got even better on the last stage in Guildford with Jonathan Tiernan-Locke taking the overall win and Mark Cavendish winning the stage.

There was barely room to move on...

In one of the most controversial moves of his first reshuffle David Cameron pushed Justine Greening out of her job as transport secretary and brought in chief whip Patrick McLoughlin.

The decision came after Greening re-affirmed her opposition to a third runway at Heathrow following Tim Yeo's call...

Following Bradley Wiggins' victory in the Tour de France British cycling is on a high. And things could get even better, with Mark Cavendish heavy favourite to win Team GB's first gold medal in Saturday's Olympic road race. But it is far from a guaranteed. If Cavendish is to win,...

The Great Depression of the 1930s is remembered as one of the worst economic periods in modern history. But statistics show that our current slump is in someways worse.

Britain's slow recovery has led economists like Paul Krugman to argue that the coalition has failed to learn the lessons of the Great...

There was an unpleasant sense of déjà-vu at the start of stage 16. Frank Schleck's positive drug test continued a dishonourable Tour de France tradition of rest day drug busts. Schleck himself denies taking any banned substance and withdrew from the race awaiting the result of his 'B'...