Employers have less than eight months to prepare for an extra 4.5m staff gaining the right to request flexible working after the government yesterday rejected business pleas to delay the regulations in the face of the economic downturn.

The iPhone, the latest must-have gadget from Apple, fails to give users complete access to the internet, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules today.

The energy industry has claimed that the public would bear the brunt of a windfall tax, giving warning that there was serious risk of bills going up.

More than 85 per cent of Britain's green consumers believe that energy suppliers have been profiteering this year by implementing record price increases on gas and electricity.

Construction waste makes up a much larger proportion of landfill than household rubbish. Is it time the drive to recycle shifted its focus?

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