Private toll roads are not a cost-effective answer to traffic problems, the government is warned by transport campaigners.

The yen hits a new 15-year high against the dollar amid continued uncertainty about whether the government will intervene.

The Audit Commission, the government body which audits the spending of local government and the NHS, has been accused of profligacy by the government and told it is going to be abolished.

Nearly seven people in 10 want the government to impose a cap on the interest rates that can be charged by credit companies, a poll suggests.

The BBC’s Declan Curry looks at how the government raises funds.