HM Treasury

The government is consulting on plans to expand the range of shares that are eligible for a stocks and shares ISA.

Labour has asked the government to amend current drawdown rules to ease financial pressure on people who have seen their income drop by up to 40%.

Greg Clark, a minister in the Communities and Local Government department, has taken over from Mark Hoban as financial secretary to the Treasury, as part of the government reshuffle.

PENSIONS

The Treausry has confirmed occupational pension schemes will not be forced to comply with gender neutrality legislation when providing members with annuities.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) is urging the Chancellor to reconsider plans to direct regulatory fines to government coffers.

The government has held firm in its refusal to bow to pressure to give almost six million children access to junior individual savings accounts (ISA).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has expressed its frustration at the slow pace at which changes to the regulatory structure are taking place.

A government minister has joined the growing number of voices expressing concerns about Money Advice Service chief executive Tony Hobman's remuneration package.

Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has asked George Osborne to respond to suggestions from Barclays that retrospective tax action taken against the bank earlier this year was "unwarranted".