Pensioner households £20 a week better off than working counterparts, Resolution Foundation report shows.

Rory McIlroy to play alongside competition debutant Andy Sullivan.

Secret government files from mid-1980s reveal bizarre discussions in Margaret Thatcher's administration.

London Mayor to tell Conservative conference that party cannot abandon those who work hard.

David Cameron's shock reshuffle has seen end of senior ministers and made room for young women.

The Technology Strategy Board wants researchers to compete to make better robots that complete tasks

Transport minister David Willetts: we will beat Google in driverless race.

Meanwhile, AstraZeneca is launching a research fund with the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology

The Conservative peer has said Westminster should act to safeguard British jobs and industry.

The British government pressed Pfizer to commit to British jobs and research, according to Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts.

UK companies report decrease in security breaches, but the cost of dealing with these breaches have doubled.

£25 million probe will leave Earth on a mission to boldly detect alien life.

The Association of Graduate Recruiters says the economic upturn has boosted recruitment.

Education Secretary Michael Gove is said to have wanted top Ofsted job to go to his ally Theodore Agnew.

UK inventor James Dyson believes students should be paid to studying science subjects and foreigner students welcomed with open arms.

Cameron, Osborne, Clegg and Alexander look at cutting funding for students from deprived backgrounds.

Plan is part of a 40-university programme across England.

Government mulling locations of first UK space launch base with Wales believed to be a front runner.

Two-person 'pods' that can be hailed by smartphone and share the pavement with pedestrians to be introduced to Buckinghamshire town in 2015.

Sir Andrew Wiles says mathematics has lost its moral purity.

Skylon spacecraft could fly to Australia in four and a half hours.

Ian Silvera says Britain's higher education commodification undermines British academia

A 41-year-old former helicopter pilot was named Britain's first official astronaut on Monday (May 20).

Legislation has been relaxed to allow a computer-controlled car being developed at Oxford University to be test driven on UK roads.

Cyber criminals are targeting small UK businesses who are more vulnerable and less likely to have sufficient security in place.

As cost of cyber-attacks on UK businesses triple, government says there is potential for economic growth.

As the threat from cyber-attacks grows, the UK government has established a new cyber research unit to safeguard the software we use on a daily basis.

New measures expected to aid Silicon Roundabout and make London Stock Exchange more attractive.

Number of top grades falls, even though general pass rate rises for 30th year in a row.

First year where students will face university fees of up to £9,000 sees a drop in A and A* grades.