Sir Philip Green and wife Tina arrive at the World Music Awards 2008 at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club. Photograph: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images Liberal Democrat MPs have called for the tax affairs of the government’s efficiency advisor Philip Green to be investigated after Nick Clegg... 

A security guard stands at the entrance to Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: S Sabawoon/EPA Afghan authorities today attempted to prevent a potentially catastrophic run on the country’s biggest bank after allegations of corruption and mismanagement led regulators to replace... 

A London Underground tube sign. Photograph: Paul Owen for the Guardian Millions of London Underground passengers began their scramble for space on London’s buses, boats and pavements this morning as a series of 24-hour strikes by tube workers disrupted the capital’s transport system. Today,... 

Vedanta’s project for a bauxite mine on sacred tribal land of the Dongria-Kondh has been stalled by an Indian government report. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain Vedanta’s controversial project to develop a bauxite mine on sacred tribal land in India was in jeopardy after a government...