More than 40 companies face legal action over their alleged use of data on trade union activists. The Guardian's Rob Evans says it follows an investigation by the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, into allegations that many workers were being unfairly "blacklisted". One construction worker who believes he has been prevented from working because of this is electrician Steve Acheson. He tells me how employers shunned him after a tribunal case in 2000.
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by half a percentage point to 0.5% and begun the process of quantitative easing - creating money. It will start by creating £75bn to buy up debt. Our economics editor, Larry Elliott, explains the risks involved.
The climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, meets business and trade union leaders in London today to discuss planning Britain's transformation into a low-carbon economy. He tells Suzanne Goldenberg of the challenge facing the UK as the world moves away from fossil fuels.
Northern Ireland's most senior police officer, Sir Hugh Orde, tells Ireland correspondent Henry McDonald of the increasing threat from dissident republican terrorists.
Tomorrow in Florida, Nasa launches the Kepler probe - a new mission to find planets similar to Earth. Our science correspondent, Ian Sample, says its the most extensive such search yet.
