Parliament may re-open Equitable investigations - papers 2 December

Parliament has threatened to re-open investigations into Equitable Life unless the Treasury Select Committee gets satisfactory answers to letters sent to the Treasury and Lord Penrose, who is heading up an investigation into the company on behalf of the Treasury. The Daily Telegraph says that the select committee is becoming increasingly concerned over "slippage" to the timetable for publication of the Penrose inquire, which was the reason it suspended its own investigations in the first place. News that Penrose is delaying publication for another six months is spurring on com...