High Street banks should be stopped from paying "significant" cash bonuses, shadow chancellor George Osborne says.

The UK economy unexpectedly shrank 0.4% between July and September, making the recession the longest since records began.

BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan.

Senior BBC figures defend putting the BNP on to Question Time amid protests and warnings it may prompt racist attacks.

The prime minister calls on Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union to "get round the table" to bring an end to industrial action.

The leaders of Britain's three main political parties will not now appear next to each other in a televised Q&A session with MPs.

Ed Balls dismisses MPs' concerns about the new Children's Commissioner saying she will not be "pushed around".