Philip Hammond fears the free market ideas championed by Britain for decades are under threat, as a younger generation looks to Jeremy Corbyn. But as new technologies transform the economy, the Chancellor believes the Conservative party has a historic opportunity to revitalise capitalism. He talks to Alan Mak. 

New research from the Chartered Management Institute has found that 85% of women and 80% of men have witnessed gender-discriminatory acts at work. 

John McDonnell has warned of a looming "political and social avalanche" unless the global economic system is replaced by a model which benefits everyone on the planet.

The former head of the parliamentary watchdog has accused MPs of pursuing a "squalid vendetta" after he was blocked from taking up a new job.

New research shows that while modern society affords women greater freedoms, their economic progress and financial resilience has not kept pace and they are profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty

MPs have blocked the former boss of Parliament's expenses watchdog Sir Ian Kennedy from taking on a new role. 

Companies which do not recognise trade unions are among those which could be stripped of public sector contracts under a Labour government.

Embattled Ukip leader Henry Bolton has said the party will probably be finished if it ousts him as leader in a crunch meeting today.

French President Emmanuel Macron has handed a boost to Theresa May by saying the UK could get a special trade deal with the EU after Brexit.

The Fitness for Human Habitation Bill  is a crucial opportunity to ensure that all properties that are let to tenants are fit for human habitation at the beginning of the tenancy, and remain so throughout, says Nationwide. 

The Chancellor has indicated he is “sympathetic to looking carefully” at laws that tax donations given to referendum campaigns, it has emerged.

Labour has called on the UK statistics watchdog to rebuke Boris Johnson after he claimed Britain will have even more than £350m a week extra to spend after Brexit.

Under this Government our town economies are becoming more disconnected from our booming cities than ever before, says  Jo Platt MP.

Nick Clegg has claimed a £115,000 allowance usually granted to former prime ministers.

HMRC is struggling to deal with a growing workload because of Brexit and revelations of large scale tax avoidance, parliament’s spending watchdog has said.

Britain could lose half a million jobs and miss out on £50bn in investment if it fails to secure a Brexit deal, new analysis commissioned by London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.

A majority of Scots are opposed to Nicola Sturgeon's idea of having a separate immigration system after Brexit, new research suggests. 

Top Labour MP Angela Rayner has said the party has adopted a “sh*t or bust” economic strategy because it has the “gumption to take a risk”.

The technology behind crypto-currency Bitcoin could transform the NHS and save lives, a member of the influential Treasury Select Committee has said.

Theresa May is reportedly facing a humiliating climbdown on including international students in official immigration figures.

Private healthcare companies received almost 70% of NHS clinical contracts last year, according to a highly critical report by the NHS Support Federation.

Millennials in the UK are set to receive an “inheritance boom” a report by the Resolution Foundation says, but this will come too late to address generational inequality in the UK.

Lord Adonis has stormed out of a key government advisory role with an extraordinary attack on Theresa May over her "dangerously populist" approach to Brexit. 

Labour MPs have urged Philip Hammond to publish Treasury analysis of how Brexit will impact on the UK economy.