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Axa PPP has extended its cancer coverage to include the clinically effective prostate cancer drug rejected for the NHS because it is too expensive.

The FSA has temporarily shut the sale and rent back (SRB) market after a review found most transactions were either unaffordable or unsuitable and should not have been sold at all.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will next week launch an attack on bonus culture in all sectors by calling for a Commons vote on the practice.

Barclays Capital has launched a further UK Equity index-linked structured deposit account for offshore bond investors.

Fairbairn Private Bank and Lombard International make new appointments.

The number of bank staff stealing or deceiving customers has risen by more than 40% in the last year, fraud figures show.

The government looks set to force through its controversial welfare reforms without giving the House of Lords a chance to readdress the amendments it made.

Cancer charities have slammed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (Nice) decision to reject a drug that prolongs the life of prostate cancer suffers for being too expensive.

Brits would rather insure pets than themselves or their families, a survey has found.

Advisers will contribute £33m towards the total expected cost of running the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in 2012/13, although they will also pay an additional interim levy of at least £40m before April.