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Home Office offers £100,000 for Isis propaganda firewall in counter-terrorism drive
Office for Security and Counter Terrorism seeks bids from charities and organisations.
Eurostar sale was value for money but profit well below taxpayer investment, NAO says
Taxpayer investment was significantly greater than proceeds generated from sale, National Audit Office says.
Eurostar stake sold by government despite NAO forecasting rise in profits
UK's 40% stake sold to Anglo-Canadian consortium for £757.1m.
Snooper's Charter: Read Theresa May's full draft Investigatory Powers Bill
The home office published the 296-page report on 4 November amid controversy.
UK steel crisis: 68% of voters want David Cameron to intervene as thousands face unemployment
Survation polls reveals that the British public want more done about the embattled industry.
Chilcot report: What you need to know about the Iraq Inquiry in numbers [VIDEO]
These are the key figures about the long-awaited Sir John Chilcot report into the Iraq War.
Kids Company: Camila Batmanghelidjh charity handed £46m in public cash despite Whitehall warnings
The 'unbelievable' National Audit Office findings come as civil servants face a grilling from MPs.
Tax credits: How did celebrity peers like Michelle Mone vote in House of Lords?
Star-studded upper chamber saw votes from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Melvyn Bragg and Julian Fellowes.
Tories hope 'constitutional crisis' threat will stop Lords from blocking tax credit cuts
Peers will vote on George Osborne's plan to slash the welfare payments on 26 October.
UK government admits wrongly 'naming and shaming' firms in minimum wage cheat list
EXCLUSIVE: The Department for Business admitted making the move after a probe by IBTimes UK.
Xi Jinping visit: Shao Jiang urged David Cameron to criticise China's human rights record before arrest
EXCLUSIVE: Tiananmen Square survivor spoke to IBTimes UK a day before he was detained.
Shortened Cenotaph ceremony angers Alex Salmond as Remembrance Day looms
SNP firebrand accused the government of 'tampering' with the 8 November event.
Jeremy Corbyn skewers David Cameron over UK steel industry in PMQs bout
The Labour leader called on the prime minister to intervene as sector continues to struggle.
Xi Jinping UK state visit: David Cameron unveils Chinese tourist visa extension ahead of Number 10 visit
The prime minister said Chinese tourists will now be able to stay in the UK for up to two years.
UK deficit narrows to lowest point since 2007 at £9.4bn in September as VAT receipts jump
Debt increased by £78.8bn from the year to September 2014 to £1.638tn, representing 86.3% of the UK GDP.
Xi Jinping state visit: Big UK brands you had no idea were owned by the Chinese
IBTimes UK takes a look at five businesses surprisingly owned by the Chinese as the premier visits Britain.
Refugee crisis: Church of England attacks David Cameron for failings in welcoming Syrian migrants
The government has pledged to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
Migrant Crisis: Bishops accuse UK Prime Minister David Cameron of ignoring their offer to help refugees
84 bishops have accused the UK prime minister of ignoring their offers to help house refugees.
Karl Andree: David Cameron urges Saudi Arabia to abandon grandfather flogging and drops prison contract
Prime minister's move comes after an investigation by IBTimes UK into the prison programme.
Government to sell final 14% stake in Royal Mail
The government's stake in Royal Mail is valued at £660m.
UK and Germany to disucss £10bn privatisation of Urenco
According to some analysts, the uranium processing giant's stake sale could help the UK raise £3bn.
Syrian civil war and refugee crisis to take centre stage when David Cameron meets Angela Merkel
The prime minister will hold the talks with his German counterpart at the Chequers country estate.
Privy Council rebels: Jeremy Corbyn follows in Cameron and Clegg's footsteps with Queen 'snub'
The Labour man is not the first party leader to miss a meeting of the monarch's Privy Council.
George Osborne: Whitehall will give councils control of £26bn in devolution revolution
The chancellor unveiled the major tax policy at the Conservative conference in Manchester.
George Osborne unveils 'building Britain' vision in Conservative conference address [Full speech]
Chancellor outlined the plan at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.
Sajid Javid blasts 'same Old Labour' in pro-business Conservative conference address [Full Speech]
Business secretary claims the Tories are now the party of working people after Corbyn's victory.
Redcar steel plant: Hargreaves moots rescue of SSI UK operations, hoping for steel price rise
Steel plant will still be closed, leaving 2,000 plant workers at risk of redundancy.
David Cameron in Jamaica: PM should apologise for 'brutal' slave trade says Jeremy Corbyn
Labour leader has promised to go further than Tony Blair and apologise for the UK's involvement.
George Osborne must simplify pensions system to get Britons saving says PwC
Consultancy firm warns young people could be left with a pension of just £4,000 per year.
Shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour will 'democratise' the industry [Full speech]
Nandy addressed the Labour Party's annual conference in Brighton on 28 September.