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Business Secretary Vince Cable will today launch a wide-ranging attack on the "murky world of corporate behaviour".

The government has been urged to set up an independent advisory body to help annuitants and promote the open market option.

Mervyn King will today become only the second Bank of England governor to address the TUC when he speaks at the union's conference in Manchester.

Financial secretary Mark Hoban has pointed the finger of blame at the Labour government for the scale of payments owed to Equitable Life policyholders following the insurer's near collapse 10 years ago.

The government's plans to remove the age-75 annuitisation rule will make scheme pensions far more attractive to IFAs and clients, Hornbuckle Mitchell claims.

The government plans to save money by distributing National Insurance numbers via a letter rather than a plastic card, as part of its drive to reduce the deficit.

Chancellor George Osborne will scrap the Pre-Budget Report this year and replace it with a slimmed-down autumn statement.

Owain Thomas looks at the direction of the protection market

On the eve of the closure of the government's review of pension tax relief, experts are calling for the simplification of current proposals.

Retirement Planner's Helen Morrissey recently chaired an online Conjecture debate on income drawdown.