HM Treasury

Equitable Life victims have rejected Sir John Chadwick's compensation review, calling it a ‘cover-up'.

Tax hikes or spending cuts to the tune of an extra £20bn will be needed by 2013/14 to close the fiscal gap, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

HM Treasury may step in to support victims of the Keydata Investment debacle, according to reports.

Tax-relief restrictions should be scrapped and the government must issue more long-dated and index-linked gilts, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says.

The Treasury could still hit its budget deficit target for the year despite worse-than-expected January public borrowing figures, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says.

The long-term attractiveness of pensions for very high earners was put in further doubt as a result of the changes within the pre-budget report in December.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has appointed former director general of the Treasury Mark Neale as chief executive officer.

Money raised through the Landsbanki wind-up will cover 100% of Icesave compensation costs to the UK only if the Government avoids a firesale, says the Treasury.

As we near the end of the year and start to reflect on the past twelve months whilst looking forward to the next with a renewed sense of vigour and positivity, my over-riding hope for 2010 is that we finally see some better solutions in the pensions arena....

The Government says it will explore ways of encouraging a more 'sustainable, transparent and standardised' mortgage-backed securities market in the UK.