Jeremy Hunt: ‘I don’t want to hear about how to roll out a fibre-optic pipe to every home in Wales.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian The battle to close Britain’s broadband divide suffered a blow today when the government pushed back the UK’s target for... 

Houses in West London. The National Housing Federation warns that the poorest will face ‘enormous upheaval’. Photograph: Corbis More than 750,000 people are at risk of losing their homes in the south-east because of the government’s changes to housing benefit from April next... 

Reckitt, the group behind household favourites such as Vanish and Cillit Bang, has seen rival Procter & Gamble muscle in on its market Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind household brands Cillit Bang and Vanish, today reported its first quarter-on-quarter sales decline in Europe as... 

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in Tripoli on August 21, 2009. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty Images The Scottish government was urged today to hold a public inquiry into the Lockerbie plane bombing. A group of campaigners who believe Abdelbaset al-Megrahi may have been the victim of a miscarriage... 

Fermented cocoa beans being dried. Cocoa prices have risen 150% in 18 months – but farmers have not necessarily benefited. Photograph: Alamy Financial speculators have come under renewed fire from anti-poverty campaigners for their bets on food prices, blamed for raising the costs of goods...