6:39pm

Abattoir raided in horsemeat inquiry

A worker handles meat at the Doly-Com abattoir, one of the two units checked by Romanian authorities in the horse meat scandal, in the village of Roma, northern Romania ©AP

Consumers misled over kebabs and burgers sold in fast food outlets

4:40pm

Tories reveal press watchdog plan

Regulator to be backed by Royal Charter rather than legislation

1:04pm

Judges’ ruling sparks work schemes review

Court says making graduate work for no pay at Poundland was illegal

1:55am

Labour seeks infrastructure action

Less than a fifth of listed projects are under construction

11:58pm

Nine more NHS hospitals under scrutiny

Total of 14 organisations now being investigated over high death rates

11:30pm

Ministers urged to widen meat tests

Supermarkets want investigation to be extended, as Tesco pulls product

10:48pm

Lib Dems face national test in Eastleigh

By-election will assess party’s chances of fighting off Tory challenge

University of Leicester undated handout photo of the skull of the skeleton found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially that of King Richard III. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday February 4, 2013. The photo was released by the University of Leicester ahead of today's announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath Leicester's Greyfriars car park last September. See PA story HISTORY Richard. Photo credit should read: University of Leicester/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. ©Getty 9:38pm

EDF seeks state backing on nuclear site

Request for Hinkley Point finances guarantee

9:18pm

Q&A: Social care funding reform

Potential benefits and problems with the government’s plans

8:58pm

Insurers lukewarm on prefunded care

Doubts emerge over government vision

7:56pm

London fire authority defies mayor’s cuts

Decision over Boris Johnson’s proposed reforms set to go to court

Inside Business from COMPANIES 8:10pm

UK banks caught in game of politics

The government has interfered unashamedly for the first time

Feb 11, 2013

Scotland may seek currency union with UK

Economists suggest keeping the pound in the event of independence

Brian Groom from COMMENT Feb 11, 2013

No more the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’

Nicola Sturgeon has become the life and soul of the party

Feb 11, 2013

Cable raises tensions over cuts

Business secretary warns chancellor not to target areas focused on growth

Westminster Blog Feb 11, 2013

As it happened: Parliament quizzes RBS executives

Hester: ‘Degree of self-servedness in industry got to a wrong place’

Feb 11, 2013

Scottish minister dismisses UK report

Westminister legal opinion on independence bid branded ‘arrogant’

From UK BUSINESS Feb 11, 2013

Start-up Loans scheme hits 1,000th mark

Start-up Loans scheme for youth enterprise passes milestone

Feb 11, 2013

Daughter tells court of pressure on Pryce

Huhne ‘badgered’ former wife to take speeding points

From UK BUSINESS Feb 11, 2013

Ministers hint at EU meat import ban

Action will be taken if human health is at risk

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