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Incapacity Benefit (IB) will be abolished this year with all claimants facing reassessment as part of the Government's continued crackdown on the benefits system.

The first televised election debate kicks off on Channel 4 tonight, with a predictable focus on the state of the economy.

A controversial interim levy to cover the collapses last year of Keydata and two stockbrokers will be applied to the investment intermediation sub-class despite widespread opposition, the FSCS has confirmed.

Mortgage approvals declined in February for the third consecutive month, Bank of England figures reveal.

Greece plans to raise €5bn from a new seven-year bond in its first attempt to raise funds since the EU-backed safety net agreement for the country.

Four Rio Tinto executives have been found guilty of bribery and stealing secrets by a Chinese court.

Exhange traded fund (ETF) family iShares is launching its first roadshows for IFAs after the FSA last week published its final rules on adviser charging.

New ABI director general Kerrie Kelly has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this year's Protection Review conference.

Corporate healthcare adviser Multiplex has added a range of new services to its corporate healthcare trust product.

Banks have described as "a plus" an FSA decision not to mandate the wording they will need to use to describe their restricted offering to clients after 2012.