A UK government-ordered review into the employment rights of workers in the gig economy, which calls for better jobs to be created, has been attacked as "feeble".

British Chancellor George Osborne will have to fill a £48bn black hole in the UK's public finances if he is to get his deficit-busting plans back on track, a report warned today.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticised Israel for refusing to allow her to lead a fact-finding mission into the Jenin refugee camp.