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New Star founder John Duffield has hit back at claims made during Patrick Evershed's sensational employment tribunal in an open letter.

Markets have struggled to gain further ground after the European Central Bank announced it had lent almost €500bn to banks in a three-year liquidity operation.

Members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to hold rates at their historic low and maintain the quantitative easing (QE) programme at £275bn - but they indicated more QE could be on the way.

Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to new research.

Three trade unions representing public sector workers have withdrawn from an agreement with the government over pension reform.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) does not go far enough to protect consumers' interests when purchasing annuities, Fidelity has said.

The government has set up a working group to look into unfreezing state pensions for British expatriates.

Ratings agency Moody's has warned the UK's prized AAA rating is at risk from the eurozone crisis despite the austerity measures taken to help retain its current status.

The High Court in Northern Ireland has found that Francois de Dietrich was operating a collective investment scheme (CIS) without FSA authorisation and must now return £21.6m to investors.

Today the government and unions agreed the basic reforms of four public sector pension schemes.