The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has released the results of a survey of temporary workers showing that they have experienced widespread discrimination and a lack of rights.

Britain's commercial property market is one of the better ones at the moment, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.

The UK mortgage market may be set for a boost not from an increase in lending from UK banks, but by a rise in the number of overseas providers of home loans, it has been suggested.

Concern has been expressed over the apparent loss of some of the wills of British servicemen killed serving in Afghanistan, which has led to problems over the disposal of their estates.

The number of age-related employment cases has risen by over a quarter in the recession, new figures have indicated.

The mortgage market is starting to show more positive trends, a report by the Bank of England has concluded.

All the available evidence points to the property market having passed the worst of the slump and being set to improve, an expert has said.

A man suffering from mesothelioma has been awarded £175,000 in a personal injury case.

Discrimination against women in the City of London is to be investigated by a committee of MPs.

Sales of properties worth £40,000 or more rose in June, HM Revenue and Customs has said.