UK unemployment fell by 63,000 to 2.33 million in the three months to January, with the jobless rate at 7.2%.

A new £1 coin, modelled on the old threepenny bit, is to be introduced in 2017 to combat counterfeiting.

What have politicians and commentators made of Chancellor George Osborne’s announcements?

A £19m scheme designed to help first-time buyers in the Northern Ireland housing market is launched.

The “international order” is at stake, William Hague says, after Vladimir Putin signs a treaty absorbing Crimea into Russia.

MPs want more action by internet firms to protect children from online bullying and pornography.