Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne sidesteps addressing the UK house price effect on the rental market
Tenants' finances have improved but rent has also risen 1.5% over the last twelve months.
Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne abolishes stamp duty 'slab system' to parry Labour's 'unworkable' mansion tax
Homebuyers will now pay stamp duty that resemble the income tax system
Autumn Statement 2014: George Osborne abolishes 55% 'death tax' on unused pension pots
George Osborne made the announcement during the 2014 Autumn Statement.
Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne and Lord Hutton's pension reforms to save £1.3bn a year
The chancellor has committed to 'fully implementing' the reforms set out by Lord Hutton.
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Prime Minister's Questions: Miliband attacks Cameron over 'broken' immigration promise
Cameron pledge to reduce net migration to the UK to less than 100,000 by May 2015.
Ferguson shooting: Darren Wilson in hiding under police protection because of death threats
Former officer under protection by off-duty police following Grand Jury decision not to indict him.
North Korea forbids the use of leader Kim Jong-un's name
Those who share the same name as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been ordered to change names.
Israel to hold snap election on 17 March following collapse of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition
BREAKING: Parliamentary speaker Eran Sidis confirms early elections after crisis in Netanyahu's coalition.
Autumn Statement 2014: Lord Heseltine calls for minimum wage hike to save 'billions in benefits'
The Conservative peer enjoys saying 'mad things' as a government adviser.
Autumn Statement 2014: Osborne dealt blow as UK economic optimism slumps
UK voters have become more pessimistic about the economy over the last nine months.
UK government to pay off £1.9bn First World War debt
George Osborne is expected to make the announcement on 3 December.
European Court of Justice bans 'gay tests' for asylum seekers
EU states will not be allowed to test asylum seekers on their sexuality.
Explosion rocks Somalia's Moghadishu airport killing several people
Suicide bomber rams his car into UN convoy outside airport in Somali capital.
Hamas takes a dig at Israeli political collapse as Knesset votes on election date
Israel's Knesset poised to formally dissolve government and set date for next general elections.
Isis bombings: US denies coordinating air strikes with help of Iran's military
Pentagon said Iran has launched a series of air strikes in eastern Iraq during recent days.
Ukip sex education U-turn by Nigel Farage during Bite the Ballot debate
Ukip initially announced scrapping sex and relationship education for children under the age of 11.
Autumn Statement 2014: George Osborne will 'launch review' into business rates system
The Confederation of British Industry called on the Chancellor to reform the system.
Egypt to execute 188 Muslim Brotherhood supporters
Death penalty delivered for a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.
Autumn Statement 2014: George Osborne gives small firms £900m lending boost
The Chancellor made the announcement ahead of this year's Autumn Statement.
Autumn Statement 2014: George Osborne urged to 'finish the job' of clearing UK's deficit
The UK Chancellor is set to announce plans to tackle the country's finances later on 3 December.
Hong Kong protesters defiant as Occupy leaders poised to surrender
Three key leaders of Hong Kong Occupy movement poised to surrender to police urging protesters also to retreat.
Autumn Statement 2014: On the road to ruin with David Cameron's £15bn road-building programme
More roadworks are likely for motorists as the government aims to expand on what is available to vehicles.
Israel: PM Benjamin Netanyahu fires senior moderates Livni and Lapid and calls for early elections
Finance minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni sacked from cabinet for criticising Jewish nation-state bill.
Jerusalem: Portraits of a divided city by Spencer Platt
Photojournalist Spencer Platt documents life in the divided city of Jerusalem.
Scottish independence campaigners won't be fobbed off with watered-down devolution
Promises haven't been kept - make no mistake about it.
Green Party membership doubles in England and Wales ahead of 2015 General Election
Natalie Bennett says the 'Green surge' has been boosted by people signing up for various reasons.
Ukip in Christmas Card copyright controversy over Telegraph's white van cartoon
Has Ukip made a glaring omission over white van Christmas card?
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta pledges to 'intensify' war on terror after al-Shabaab massacre
Terror group killed 36 in quarry after separating non-Muslims from Muslims.
Hands Up, Walk Out: Ferguson protesters stage mass die-ins across the US
Protesters stage mass die-ins over the Michael Brown shooting case.
Millionaire Russell Brand labelled 'hypocrite' after Downing Street march over New Era Estate
Russell Brand asked during Downing Street march if millionaires inflate house prices in London
Ebola Outbreak: North Korea believes the US created the deadly virus to conduct 'bio-terrorism'
North Korea says US should be tried before international court for masterminding disease outbreak.
British journalist David Bergman guilty of contempt, rules Bangladesh court
Investigative journalist Bergman found guilty for challenging government's death toll during independence war.
Iraqi Isis bans birth control in Mosul to boost population
Islamist militants storm hospitals in Mosul and stop distribution of contraceptives and birth control pills.
Gordon Brown's 'brilliance' stopped Tony Blair from sacking New Labour Chancellor, says Alistair Campbell
Campbell's comments come after Brown announced he is to resign as an MP at the general election.
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