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UK unemployment rose by 128,000 in the three months to October to 2.64 million, the highest level since 1994.

Andrew Dilnot has branded suggestions that the government could delay moves to tackle long-term care reforms until 2025 as "unacceptable".

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

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask whether you think the NHFA mis-selling scandal will deter people from making long term care plans.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will force banks, building societies and credit unions to prominently display information to customers about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The Financial Services Authority has begun an investigation into firms which recommended Arch Cru investments.

Markets around the world closed down overnight as further signs European leaders will fail to agree a new treaty emerged.

An 80 year old man suffering from cancer lost £500,000 after a Royal Bank of Scotland adviser sold him a pension from Aviva, which saw the insurer keep almost all of the money as he died before it began paying an income.

The Federal Reserve has opted to leave monetary policy unchanged and continue with Operation Twist at least until the new year, amid signs the world's largest economy has been expanding.

Sir Fred Goodwin could face criminal charges after the FSA's report into the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) suggested the bank's directors broke Britain's accountancy laws.