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MPs yesterday grilled senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over concerns the government's reforms cannot be implemented.

Central London luxury home prices will rise 8% this year as overseas buyers take advantage of a weak pound, broker Savills said.

Former Skandia CEO Nick Poyntz-Wright has been appointed as the new head of life insurance at the Financial Services Authority(FSA).

Spending on social care of older people is set to be slashed by more than 8% this year and could accelerate the collapse of a crumbling system, Age UK has said.

Friends Life has announced its senior protection management team which will control the single protection proposition to be launched later this year.

AWD Chase de Vere will next week welcome the first batch of recruits to its Adviser Academy, aiming to turn them into independent financial advisers (IFA) within two years.

A Trades Union Congress (TUC) document leaked to the BBC has revealed unions do not believe today's negotiations with ministers will avoid industrial action.

Four new firms have taken an equity stake in IFA-owned platform Nucleus.

Public sector workers' resistance to pension reforms stems from a misunderstanding about how the changes will affect them, Hymans Robertson research claims.

Adviser services provider True Potential has added a range of funds from Seven Investment Management (7IM) to its wealth platform.