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Delays to pension reform will heighten rather than ease firms' anxiety about being ready for auto-enrolment, advisers claim.

Banking and asset management giant Investec has exited the FTSE 100 as part of the latest re-shuffle of the UK's leading share index.

Pressure was building on David Cameron last night as senior backbench Tory MPs called for the Prime Minister to approve a referendum on a new euro treaty and to wring "clear gains" from a European summit scheduled for Friday.

Journalists are known for being hard to shock. But there was genuine surprise in the office on Monday this week...

Bupa has upped the ante in its dispute with BMI hospitals by warning that it is likely to cut ties with 24 more of the group's hospitals after the pair failed to agree a contract for next year.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has called on insurers and regulators to take more responsibility for their products if they want them sold by non-professional brokers.

The ABI has railed against government plans to scrap life assurance tax relief which could hit as many as 1.5 million policyholders.

Doctors have branded the government's current structural NHS changes in preparation for its reforms as ‘chaotic and poorly co-ordinated'.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced the 2012 Budget will be held on Wednesday 21 March.

More people than ever are being signed off work with stress, according to new research.