Grown-up children are supporting their parents financially by lending or gifting them cash. Photograph: Getty Images Thousands of adult children are supporting their parents during the recession by giving or lending them cash, with almost one in 10 adult children saying they had handed over... 

Not a single Whitehall department has indicated a willingness to alter policy in response to the government’s crowdsourcing initiative. The government’s first attempt at crowdsourcing its coalition programme has ended without a single government department expressing a willingness... 

A takeover of Liverpool is possible within days, according to Kenneth Huang. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Sources have confirmed this morning that the Chinese businessman Kenneth Huang has offered to buy Liverpool’s £237m debt from the Royal Bank of Scotland in an attempt to end Tom... 

Pep Guardiola has refused to discuss Javier Mascherano. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images After seeing Barcelona’s €15m bid for Javier Mascherano rejected by Liverpool the club’s coach, Pep Guardiola, has admitted that he is in the market for a defensive midfielder. Guardiola...