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Prime minister David Cameron today endorsed the bonus culture in banks whilst under pressure from the Opposition to tackle excessive pay.

Guidance issued today by HMRC appears to extend the scope under which advice services will be exempt from VAT post-retail distribution review (RDR).

Zurich has revealed it paid 92% of critical illness (CI) claims last year.

Defaqto has released its Star Ratings for private medical insurance (PMI) for the first time.

The government's proposed reforms to the child benefit system would create effects that are "bizarre and economically damaging", the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.

Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, has criticised the move to single out ex-Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief Fred Goodwin by stripping him of his knighthood.

Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange, according to the BBC.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do you think employers are interested in using low cost pensions such as NEST as part of their pension provision post auto-enrolment?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the week's top pension stories.

Government ministers will aim to overturn the exclusion of means-testing of cancer patients receiving Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as the coalition's government's Welfare Reform Bill moves back to the House of Commons.