Britain Defends Annual EU Rebate
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Britain signaled it won't meet demands to drop the long-standing reduction in its annual financial contribution to the European Union as ministers met Monday for a new round of budget talks.
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Business figures defend the paying of bonuses to City executives after an attack by the chancellor.
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The British Olympic Association has defended an athletes' contract curbing political activity at the Beijing games.
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Moves to harmonise corporate tax systems across the European Union are to be resuscitated, despite the objections of Britain and Ireland.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended his stewardship of the economy, telling MPs there is no Â£10 billion black hole in the public finances.
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Britain is still the favourite European destination for foreign investment projects, according to a new report.
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Britainâs Treasury chief, Alistair Darling, said that Britain would not protect businesses that make bad judgments, despite a billion-dollar rescue of a struggling bank.
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The European Union on Wednesday  challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade  Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of  discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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Gordon Brown, the chancellor, today launches an all-out onslaught on European commission proposals to axe Britain&#39;s EU rebate, claiming they will cost the exchequer an extra â¬5bn (Â£3.
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Finance Minister Alistair Darling will defend the state of Britain&#39;s economy Sunday despite a recent bank crisis, as the Labour Party conference begins amid rumours of a snap election.
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The European Commission approved a multi-billion pound bailout of the nuclear group British Energy, after securing guarantees that the company would not breach EU competition rules.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission said yesterday it was unlikely to punish EU members which breached the bloc's budget deficit limit as a result of granting aid to survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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The European Union on Wednesday challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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British Airways called Monday on the European Union not to &quot;sell Europe short&quot; in the proposed 'Open Skies' deal aimed at freeing up the transatlantic aviation market.
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The government on Wednesday defended its decision to radically revise the country&#39;s deficit figures, ahead of a European Commission meeting to consider possible disciplinary action against Greece for submitting faulty figures.
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Former minister urges UK not to gloat over its economic success. Larry Elliott and Mark Milner report from the CBI conference. Peter Mandelson, the UK&#39;s European commissioner designate, reopened his rift with
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The government is to produce an annual statement on EU spending in the UK in a bid to improve taxpayers' confidence.