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Medical professions have rejected claims by the Prime Minister that the amended NHS reforms have their full support.

European ETP investors shifted into defensives in August and out of risky assets in response to market volatility, Deutsche Bank reports.

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at their record low level of 0.5% following the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

The FSA has fined Essex-based mortgage lender Swift 1st Ltd £630,000 for unfair treatment of some customers facing mortgage arrears.

A former Labour Treasury minister today urged her party to drop its support for the 50p tax rate.

MetLife will launch a fixed term annuity which allows pensioners to switch to an enhanced or lifetime annuity before the end of the term.

Platform giant Cofunds has asked fund groups to commit to developing commission-free share classes by November as it moves to align itself with RDR.

The FSA is to extend the regulation of sale and rent back (SRB) agreements to all providers, in an effort to clamp down on the "considerable" number of unregulated transactions still taking place.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told firms to ignore a scam email telling them the regulator intends to take action agaisnt them for tax evasion.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has created a diploma in employee benefits and retirement savings (DEBRS) to help payroll, human resources and auditing staff prepare for auto-enrolment.