A battle to stop EU bureaucrats increasing spending by three times faster than inflation has been launched by David Cameron and George Osborne ... more
David Cameron despatched a tough Treasury hawk to challenge European spending as he reacted angrily to EU boasting about a lavish £280 million headquarters... more
A year after its services were paralysed by “fluffy snow”, Eurostar says a surge in business travellers helped its sales rise 12% to £760 million last year... more
"We were done over -comprehensively." That was the private verdict today of a senior British figure close to the Brussels talks that ended with a Frenchman seizing control of City regulation for the first time in 50 years.... more
Brussels interference over the bond repayment commitments of Britain’s bailed-out banks could cause a crisis in the retirement savings industry, leading pensions groups have warned
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European Union leaders will tell the world's largest economies that they must agree on measures to curb bankers' pay and bonuses as part of their plan to overhaul the global financial system... more
The city centre has been revamped, its bars and shops transformed, and the Magritte Museum has just opened: it's official - Brussels is suddenly hip... more
If you thought Brussels was just a dank den of bureaucracy heaving with suits on expenses, think again. Hettie Harvey has a vintage time in the Belgian capital...... more
Politicians invariably behave even more oddly than usual when there is an election looming, and it is useful to bear this simple thought in mind when looking at the raft of proposals emerging from all corners of the European continent for regulation of the financial-services industry... more
London airports group BAA is set to slump deeper into crisis after a key Brussels ruling that could see airlines slash flights to avoid take-off and landing charges... more
The furore over the £650,000 annual pension package drawn by Sir Fred Goodwin, former boss of RBS, would be perfectly justified at any time after the bank's taxpayer bailout... more
Globetrotting backbench MPs have received £1.4million of free trips in a year - flying first class, staying in five-star hotels and getting a daily cash allowance... more
The EU'S Lisbon Treaty threatened to pose a fresh headache for Gordon Brown after the Irish government confirmed it would try to hold a second referendum on the issue... more
Brussels rushed through new accounting rules to help many of Europe's biggest banks avoid reporting yet more huge losses and writedowns in their third-quarter figures... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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