The Chancellor will have no power to solely remove the head of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), George Osborne has pledged.

George Osborne and Vince Cable fear rationing of lending to small firms could reverse the recovery.

Prudential will lobby the Government to back down over plans to raise the charge on unused pension funds on death, which it says will disproportionately hit basic-rate taxpayers.

The UK's overall GDP growth forecast is at "significant risk" if business investment is not as robust as the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts, ministers warn.

The closure to new business of National Savings & Investments' (NS&I) index-linked savings certificates will impact every client, IFAs say.

The FSA has secured almost £4m in compensation for victims of an unauthorised collective investment scheme.

Kerrie Kelly has left as head of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) after barely six months in the post, according to reports.

The Treasury Select Committee will have the power to veto the appointment of the new chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Chancellor George Osborne has said.

The row over using real client files en route to QCF Level 4 reignited this week after the FSA toughened its stance on using them in alternative assessments.

The FSA has banned Scott Robert Merrell for submitting false mortgage applications to lenders in order to launder drugs-trafficking money.