This week's news... condensed

Tax avoidance The issue of tax avoidance continued to hog the headlines, with the government announcing plans to name and shame companies not playing by the rules, while a minister also suggested cash-in-hand payments were ‘morally wrong'. Communicating RDR PFS boss Fay Goddard had strong words about the FSA's efforts to communicate RDR so far, while the regulator itself confirmed plans to step things up next month. Pensions Another ongoing issue from previous weeks was the debate about pensions charges. Labour said this week the government needed to bring to an end the ‘rip-off...