Gordon Brown has confirmed there will be a budget in two weeks' time.

Sky sources say banks would be forced to disclose the number of employees earning more than £500,000 under new Government plans.

Nationalised lender Northern Rock is to pay out £14.9m in bonuses after a sharp reduction in losses last year.

Suspected Islamist militants have attacked the office of a British aid agency in Pakistan killing up to five people, according to reports.