Nearly 4,500 Army staff have been given their redundancy notices in the latest round of staff cuts, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. A total of 4,480 are being axed as the Government tries to reduce ...

Chrysler has avoided a showdown with government safety regulators, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month ...

Fears are growing that David Cameron's plans to use the G8 to battle tax evasion could end in disappointment, as it emerges that his most ambitious objectives are being opposed by other world leaders. ...

Leaders of the G8 nations have signed an agreement to crack down on the "scourge" of tax evasion at the end of a two-day summit in Northern Ireland. The leaders also vowed to tackle tax avoidance ...

Some of the City’s most prominent institutional investors are vowing to oppose any attempt to break up Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), claiming it would undermine attempts to recover the taxpayer’s £45.5bn ...

Royal Ascot is one of the highlights of the sporting and social calendars, five days of pomp, pageantry and world-class racing that attracts entrants and attention from around the world. When the Queen ...

China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, which is almost twice the speed of the previous record-holder from the US. The Tianhe-2 has been developed by the National University of Defence Technology ...

Leading internet companies have agreed a new strategy with the Government in an attempt to crack down on child abuse online. Firms including Google, Microsoft and Facebook attended the summit called by ...

The dominance of the so-called 'big four' supermarket chains has been further eroded amid an intense battle for business. In its latest report on the sector, market researcher Kantar Wordpanel found that ...

A former City trader has been charged in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate. Tom Hayes was formally charged with ...

An adviser to the Britannia Building Society on the merger with the Co-op that led to the mutual's current travails is being parachuted into the group as part of its rescue plan. Sky News understands that ...

The annual rate of inflation was driven higher than expected in May as air fares rose by record levels, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rebound in the CPI measure of inflation ...

Major protests have been held in cities across Brazil over rising bus fares and the cost of staging the 2014 football World Cup - with Brazilian media putting the number of demonstrators as high as 230,000. ...

Fears are growing that David Cameron's plans to use the G8 to battle tax evasion could end in disappointment, as it emerges that his most ambitious objectives are being opposed by other world leaders. ...

Leading internet companies have been summoned to a Westminster meeting in an attempt to crack down on child abuse online. Firms including Google, Microsoft and Facebook will attend a summit called by Culture ...

Leading internet companies have been summoned to a Westminster meeting in an attempt to crack down on child abuse online. Firms including Google, Microsoft and Facebook will attend a summit called by Culture ...

Officials have exposed some of the excuses people give for not having a television licence. One thought he was exempt because his pet corgi was said to be related to one of the Queen's dogs. Another household ...

More than 100,000 people have marched through cities across Brazil to protest over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 football World Cup. Tens of thousands of people took to ...

A British diplomat in Ankara has met a Turkish intelligence chief amid allegations the country's finance minister was spied on during the G20 summit. British spies eavesdropped on a string of foreign diplomats ...

When I look out onto the River Lagan Waterfront in Belfast I see a city transformed. The jewel in the crown, the Waterfront Hall itself is playing host to the leader of the free world - and he's sure to ...

The chairman and chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group will hit back on Tuesday at claims that they succumbed to political pressure to sell a major branch network to the Co-operative. Sky News understands ...

A British diplomat in Ankara is meeting the Turkish foreign ministry over allegations the country’s finance minister was spied on during the G20 summit. British spies eavesdropped on a string of foreign ...

The world's biggest air show has started with a huge order for the Airbus superjumbo and deals for Boeing's troubled Dreamliner. The two rivals announced a slew of orders at the Paris Air Show, where they ...

British spies eavesdropped on foreign diplomats at the 2009 G20 summit in London, according to documents leaked by a former US government intelligence analyst. Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who has ...

Descendants of German automobile entrepreneur Ferdinand Porsche have bought back a stake in their holding company from its Middle Eastern owners. Carmaker Porsche confirmed the transaction but did not ...

A rescue of the Co-operative's troubled banking arm has been launched, in a move that will see investors help fill a £1.5bn hole in its balance sheet. No taxpayers' money will be involved in the plan, ...

Electronics giant Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, it has confirmed. Mobile business boss and co-chief executive ...

UK aerospace firms are set to reap nearly £500m in contracts over the next two decades, according to a new sector report. KPMG said that up to £476m could be reached, provided a competitive edge is maintained ...

The former finance director of the Co-op's banking arm is facing scrutiny from MPs about the parlous state of its balance sheet just days after he assumed a new role at one of Britain's other so-called ...

Top-flight universities have been warned to "up their game" after a new report shows they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families compared with a decade ago. ...

When I look out onto the River Lagan Waterfront in Belfast I see a city transformed. The jewel in the crown, the Waterfront Hall itself is playing host to the leader of the free world - and he's sure to ...

Greece's ruling coalition is in disarray as disagreement over the sudden shutdown of the country's state broadcaster widens. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has accused his alliance partners of reneging ...

The Co-operative Group will be given until 2015 to complete a £1.4bn repair job on the balance sheet of its struggling bank under a deal to be announced on Monday. Sky News has obtained key details of ...