MPs have been urged not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” by abolishing Regional Development Agencies such as Advantage West Midlands.However, business leaders in the West Midlands have encouraged the MPs to reduce the amount of red tape on regional policy.

The rising tide of protest over the refusal by the NHS to provide expensive drugs for cancer and other conditions is being funded by the pharmaceutical industry, an investigation by The Independent has revealed.

Tesco has said the banking crisis has helped pave the way for it to launch mortgages and current accounts, as it posted underlying pre-tax profits up by 10.3 per cent to £1.45bn for the six months to 23 August

The Tories say community organisations can best deliver improvements - and the Sunlight trust is considered a model. But can its success be replicated?

The world will have to take drastic action within two years to reduce greenhouse gas pollution if it is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, a new study warns.

A revolutionary plan to produce green fuel from the jatropha plant has passed a major test by delivering its first shipments

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said on Tuesday it was asking its suppliers to stop using cotton from Uzbekistan, joining a boycott by global brands over its use of forced child labour during the cotton harvest.

The club's Acorns initiative is a beacon that lights the way for all of us in dark times

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