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Inheritance tax (IHT) has morphed from a straightforward system to a "complex maze of traps for the unwary", a report by Grant Thornton has concluded.

Bupa has reached an agreement with BMI Healthcare to re-introduce patient treatment at all but three of the hospital network's facilities.

SHIP has seen the highest level of lending for two years, according to their Q4 results.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should as a matter of urgency retract its references to traded life policies (TLPs) as "toxic", EEA Fund Management has said.

UK Insurance Ltd, the parent company of Churchill and Direct Line, has been fined £2.17m by the FSA for doctoring its customer complaint files.

FundsNetwork has urged the regulator to change tack and include platform re-registration under adviser charging principles as part of a wide-ranging critique of the regulator's legacy asset paper.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has launched a campaign to protect consumers from "predatory" practices by pension providers and banks.

Fears of a period of prolonged inflation are "unfounded", Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Adam Posen said, after UK inflation dropped sharply.