The UK's tax authorities should do more to tackle alcohol smuggling, including more prosecutions, a committee of MPs says.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg suggests the wealthiest people in the UK could be asked to pay more tax for a limited period.

Fewer celebrities and civil servants should receive honours and the process should be made more transparent, a group of MPs says.

Hong Kong's financial market regulator is taking Ernst and Young to court, to force it to reveal information on a former China-based client, a move that is the first of its kind in the territory.

Government officials from Japan and North Korea meet in Beijing for their first direct talks in four years.

PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle reveals what life is like being be one of hundreds of out-of-contract footballers

Artist Damien Hirst reveals how he was inspired by a 1975 episode of children's TV show Blue Peter, which demonstrated how to make spin paintings.

Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, paints a loving portrait of her husband at the Republican convention, on the day he became the party's White House nominee.