A group of Lifemark-backed Keydata bond investors are renewing their efforts to organise a public inquiry into the collapse of the investment scheme nearly five years ago, by lobbying their MPs to act.

Britain's growth rate could reach as high as 4% this year as the recovery accelerates, economists have said.

A crackdown on employers that set up offshore trusts for top earners has started to pay off, helping HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) more than double its takings from investigations into big companies' payroll tax avoidance last year.

Matthew Ames, son of troubled overseas property company Harlequin's chairman David Ames, has been accused of running a £1.6m "Ponzi scheme" under the guise of saving the rainforest, a court has heard.

The Bank of England (BoE) could lower the unemployment target it has said must be reached before it raises interest rates, according to some experts, as jobless figures fall faster than expected.

The High Court has ordered three companies involved in a £3.2m scam selling carbon credits into liquidation following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has settled lawsuits with Gary Cottle, the former head of risk at its investment banking division, over a £700,000 bonus.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun contacting clients of failed firm Tailormade, which was a major distributor of troubled overseas property company Harlequin Property.

Guy Opperman, Conservative MP for Hexam and secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arch cru, is "reluctantly" urging his constituents who lost money in the scandal to accept the compensation deal put forward by Capita.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined $100m (£61m) by US regulators for violating US sanctions against Iran, Sudan, Burma, and Cuba.