The funds are the UK's contribution to a $50bn (£38bn) loan package announced back in June.

From being asked what they were wearing to having their bodies critiqued, rape victims are still subjected to old-fashioned myths.

A new pilot scheme helps councils find eligible children who are unregistered for free school meals.

Businesses will face additional costs over the measures which include boosts to sick pay and unfair dismissal rights.

It is safe, could speed up diagnosis and relieve NHS pressure, the health assessment body says.

Unite spent £112m of its members’ money on the project in Birmingham, the BBC has been told.