The FSA has charged a third individual linked to the Littlewood insider dealing case.

Even Alistair Darling would have trouble spinning these numbers: Fewer than two million viewers tuned in to watch him debate with Chancellor-in-waiting George Osborne and the Lib Dem's Vince Cable last night. Nine million opted for EastEnders.

The first televised election debate kicks off on Channel 4 tonight, with a predictable focus on the state of the economy.

The Conservatives will try to seize the electoral initiative today with a pledge to reverse part of Labour's national insurance rise due to come into effect next year.

The Government is understood to be considering plans to offload its stakes in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland just weeks after the General Election.

The FSA has made a major revision of the cost of adviser charging for intermediary firms, having previously said its implementation would require negligible investment.

The FSA has made a major upward revision of the RDR's costs in its policy statement today.

The National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) 2% contribution charge will be levied for 20 years, the Pensions Minister says.

Nearly two thirds of advisers say NEST will not work, according to the Professional Adviser Panel.

The Government will set up a working group to study remuneration at banks and the effects it has on consumers.