Faisal IslamEconomics editorBBCBudget days used to be symbolised by the chancellor of the exchequer smiling and holding aloft the famous Red Box outside Number 11. Inside is a red ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly's new standards commissioner has stepped down a week after being appointed.Mark McEwan, a former assistant chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), ...

The US Labor Department's internal watchdog has launched an investigation into how it gathers jobs and inflation data after intense White House criticism of the agency. The office of ...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a warning about what it calls the "worrying trend" of students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or ...

Smitha MundasadHealth reporterGetty ImagesBoth NHS and private fertility clinics must stop offering unproven treatments that don't help people have children, new official guidelines say. The draft guidance advises against ...

The Charity Commission is to investigate the bitter dispute that led to the Duke of Sussex and several others resigning from the charity he co-founded.The watchdog said it had ...

Clodagh RiceBBC News NI business correspondentGetty ImagesNorthern Ireland's budget watchdog warns that maintaining pay parity between Northern Ireland's public servants and those in England may not be sustainableNorthern Ireland's ...

Tom GerkenTechnology reporterPA MediaThe UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a "major investigation" into TikTok's use of children's personal information.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will inspect the ...

The US markets watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging he failed to disclose that he had amassed a stake in Twitter, allowing him to buy shares ...

The boss of the UK's financial watchdog has rejected criticism from MPs that it has failed to reform after years of scandal.Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct ...

LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models after a regulator raised concerns.The career-focused social networking site, owned by Microsoft, quietly ...

A competition watchdog has begun an investigation into Carlsberg's £3.3bn agreement to buy soft drinks company Britvic, best known for Robinsons squash and J2O.The Danish brewer said it wanted ...