David Cameron called for government to foster the UK tourism industry. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images David Cameron’s speech in London yesterday called for government to co-operate with and foster the £115bn-a-year tourism sector to boost the UK economy. He believes that tourism... 

US economists Mark Zandi and Alan Blinder say in a new study that US bailout measures averted a worse financial crisis. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters To Washington conservatives they were egregious examples of “big government” overreach, but the White House’s economic... 

Staff and residents in an older people’s care home in east Twickenham. Photograph: Frank Baron Buried in the NHS white paper is the detail that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) should “extend its remit to social care”. Does this signal the... 

Sylvain Chavanel won stage two of this year’s Tour with another solo breakaway. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP For a few minutes today, Geraint Thomas had the right to dream of becoming only the fifth British cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, after Tom Simpson, Chris...