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HMRC has extended by two days the deadline for taxpayers to file their online self-assessment tax returns, after industrial action threatened "chaos" at its call centres on deadline day.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) boss Stephen Hester is being urged to turn down a £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to him by the bank.

Britain is not "walking away" from Europe, but safety measures must be put in place for EU countries that are outside the single currency, said Prime Minister David Cameron.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) has announced 500 people have now passed the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)/AMII IF7 private medical insurance (PMI) exam.

WPA has introduced moratorium underwriting on its individual private medical insurance (PMI) plans for clients who fit certain criteria.

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) redress totals have reached a new peak after payments rocketed by more than £100m in just one month.

QROPS that fail to take up proposed rule changes will not be hit by hefty member charges, according to David Higgins, technical expert director for Fairbairn's at Overseas Pensions.

Businesses are being urged to "recognise the threat' of fraud after a 9% jump in reported cases last year.

Nearly half of advisers have still not signed up to a platform - because they are "too busy" running their businesses and preparing for RDR, research suggests.

Britons are twice as likely to gamble with their health as with their money or career, new research has found.