House of Lords

The two main bodies representing doctors in the UK have pledged to continue battling the progress of controversial NHS reforms despite it being passed by the House of Lords.

Controversial NHS reforms have taken a step nearer with the government's Health and Social Care Bill surviving its latest stage in the House of Lords.

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Late last year we saw potential for a resurgence of interest from insurers into long-term care funding. Peter Barnett looks at what's happened since then

The Pensions Bill has moved to the House of Commons with one additional amendment: to strengthen the regulatory framework of the alternative certification model.

A House of Lords committee yesterday dropped an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have created protection for transgender people against unfair state pension calculations.

It took a while, but the past six months have seen politicians in Westminster finally take note of RDR and the way it may impact advisers and consumers.

Members of the House of Lords have criticised the European Court of Justice ruling on gender discrimination in insurance policies and annuities.

The new scheme will change the employee benefits landscape, but as Peter Barnett points out, there will be winners and losers

The Equitable Life (Payments) Bill passed its second and third readings in the House of Lords yesterday, but not without renewed calls for pre-1992 annuitants to be included in compensation payouts.