His move was a response to the announcement yesterday that MPs would force a Commons debate on the payments at the bank, allowing them to vote on the bonus.

 
A call by Germany's economy minister Philipp Roesler for Athens to surrender control of its budget policy to outside institutions if it cannot implement rescue reforms has sparked an angry reaction from Greece.

 
A top-level row over who should run debt-stricken Greece's finances after a fresh bailout has created an ugly mood ahead of today's EU summit in Brussels.

 
Millions of green energy meters may have to be replaced because the technology is not working properly.

 
Two separate reports have revealed the tough times facing the UK property market, with prices in the doldrums and only a quarter expecting them to be higher in a year.

 
31-year-old, Kweku Adoboli, who is being remanded in custody, is accused of two counts of fraud and two counts of false accounting while working for the Swizz banking giant's London office.

 
Fears of a hard landing for the world's second biggest economy have dampened what is usually a more optimistic start to the year.

 
Scottish Widows has a new range of super low-cost tracker funds, including one that theoretically charges just £1.10 per £1,000 invested. But is it really as cheap as it seems?

 
T-Mobile is launching a new phone tariff with unlimited calls, text and internet - but customers will have to sign up for two years to get it.