The politics of long-term care funding has become very contentious in the run up to the election and the debate has moved from a relatively rational debate on options for the future to emotive political point scoring.
Regulation of financial services should be the last resort, not the first, says the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA).
The UK financial services industry has called on the EU to avoid new retail market regulations.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, has defended the EU's proposals for retail financial services as an attempt to create a 'level playing field'.