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The Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to stop cash from British taxpayers being used to fund the eurozone bailout.

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 surged yesterday as market sentiment was lifted by US growth almost doubling in Q3.

The City of London is "under constant attack" from European Union regulations, David Cameron has said. Read more on this and the other top headlines in our round-up of the nationals.

A ban on fund manager rebates to SIPPs would make sense if a similar ban is applied to platforms, SIPP providers have said.

Zurich UK Life has recruited 20 staff from rival platforms as it prepares to launch its retail platform later this year.

The number of women claiming sickness benefits is rising much faster than for men according to analysis of Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics by Legal & General.

Plans to introduce a code of conduct forcing pension fund management fees to be disclosed to savers in a simple "pounds and pence" format may actually end up costing lower-paid members more, industry figures have warned.

Fund inflows in September were at their lowest level since the credit crunch hit markets in October 2008, while quarterly figures were down two thirds on last year, according to the latest figures from the Investment Management Association (IMA).

Italian MPs became embroiled in a punch-up in parliament after a party leader's wife was dragged into the debate about pension reform.

A row has broken out over the use of trusts to avoid long term care (LTC) fees after a BBC investigation.