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Royal Liver's members have voted in favour of its buyout by Royal London.

The fit note is not reducing absence yet as sickness time off increased to 190 million lost working days at a cost of £17bn to employers last year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said it expects the UK to avoid another recession but warned it now faces a bleak period of low growth.

The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) has withdrawn a letter signed by itself and other medical practitioner bodies regarding Bupa's plans for arthroscopic knee surgery.

Labour and a growing proportion of Liberal Democrat MPs plan to mount an assault on the acceleration of the state pension age (SPA), Rachel Reeves, shadow pensions minister says.

Government austerity measures and high levels of consumer debt pose "strong headwinds" for the UK's economic recovery, the IMF has warned.

The nation's care system will become overwhelmed in the future unless major investment is introduced by the government, according to new research.

The FSA says proposals to collect extra sales data from advice firms are not part of wider plans to effectively control how much they charge for their services.

The FSA has for the first time made public its damning indictments of an IFA and an insurance broker who it banned for acting without integrity before a final decision has been made on the cases.

Global inflows to exchange-traded products hit a record $25.3bn last month, with year-to-date inflows of $67.2bn also the highest ever seen over an equivalent period, according to BlackRock.