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Labour MP Russell Brown has accused the government of trying to "sweep the failures of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the carpet", after it refused a parliamentary debate into the regulatory oversight of those managing the failed Arch cru...

Public finances are likely to come under pressure into the next Parliament and beyond as Britain struggles to deal with the cost of social care for its an ageing population, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said.

The government has so far resisted offering amendments to the Pensions Bill which would ease the lot of half a million women who will have to wait up to an extra two years for their state pension under current plans.

Any new legislation implementing private sector involvement in supporting the welfare state will not happen until a potential second term, according to the ABI.

More than half of Britons do not think they need to buy extra insurance because of the government's welfare reforms and big society agenda, new research has found.

The government's "transitional arrangements" to help women hit hardest by the Pensions Bill could involve a pension credit concession, according to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Iain Duncan Smith this evening said there would be no u-turn on controversial proposals to raise the women's state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020.

Around 20% of women aged 50 to 53 believe they will receive their state pension at 60, although their actual state pension age (SPA) is 65 and may be changed to 66.

Dr Robin Bevan, headmaster at Southend High School for Boys, explains the rationale behind what will be the biggest teachers’ strike in 30 years about cuts to the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)...

Government plans to use transparency and disclosure as a regulatory tool - including publishing warning notices against advice firms - could hurt consumer confidence in the industry and make them disengaged from financial services entirely, the Treasury...