Oil sheen is seen among vessels assisting near the source of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images The US government will allow BP to keep the cap on its damaged Gulf of Mexico well closed for another day, despite the detection of seepage and a possible... 

Talking Turkey … David Cameron inspects a guard of honour in Ankara yesterday during his two-day visit to Turkey before moving on to India together with a 90-strong delegation Photograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPA David Cameron is to offer India a direct say in drawing up Britain’s new immigration... 

Since the charges, Lord Taylor has resigned from his role as Tory whip. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA A Conservative peer is to face prosecution after alleged misconduct over expenses, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Lord Taylor of Warwick will face six charges of false accounting after... 

Ofcom chief Ed Richards said that there is a very big difference between the advertised speeds and the actual speeds delivered by ISPs. Photograph: Gamma Ray Studio Inc/Getty Images Millions of broadband users are being sold short by providers that are delivering speeds far below those advertised,... 

Will farmers be driving Ferraris in ten years? That’s what Jim Rogers, the legendary billionaire investor who founded the Quantum fund, thinks. We’ll have to wait and see if that turns out to be true, but his feeling is based upon a few key factors that continue to put upward pressure on the prices... 

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn argues that ‘Global Solidarity Tax’ would be passed on to customers and investors. Photograph: Stephen Jaffe /Reuters An international group of finance experts from Brazil, Japan, France and Britain, including the boss of the UK’s main chartered...