"Very little progress" has been made on the universal credit programme despite £700m being spent on the government's flagship policy, MPs say.

The chairman and chief executive of HSBC will answer questions from a panel of MPs about a tax scandal at the banking giant.

Scientists believe a skin test could help diagnose brain conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

US President Barack Obama vetoes a bill that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, White House officials say.

Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw will 'cop it' if they have broken parliamentary rules in the "cash-for-access" claims, Commons Speaker John Bercow says.

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases of mass atrocities.

More than 400 children have had tasers drawn on them by police in England and Wales in 2013, a 38% rise on the previous year, figures obtained by the BBC show.

Supermarket chain Morrisons has named former Tesco director David Potts as its new chief executive.