The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has committed to investigating the case for a long-stop as part of its business plan for 2014-15.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the UK is facing an "hour of reckoning" in his speech to the Conservative Party conference.

Positive Solutions has partnered with online employee benefits provider Benefex to help businesses prepare for auto-enrolment duties.

The coalition will introduce the £35,000 cap on social care costs as recommended by the Dilnot "as soon as" it is able, the health minister said today.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has cut its set-up charges by 30% until the end of the year.

The UK economy is going through a "slow and difficult healing process" but there are positive signs for the future, the Prime Minister has said.

Conventional annuity rates have dropped 7% since June and enhanced rates have fallen 5% in the same period, according to analysis from provider MGM Advantage.

Barclays has bought ING Direct UK and will merge the outfit into its retail banking operations.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the UK to prepare to revise its economic strategy if growth continues to disappoint, the FT reports.

A large number of applicants hoping to become the next Bank of England (BoE)governor are from India, including one who is serving a prison sentence, The Times reports.