Bank of England policymakers expect inflation to fall below 1% over the next six months, according to the latest quarterly Inflation Report.

Alex Salmond has been accused of pressurising Scottish financial services representatives not to release a report on independence.

Policymakers risk the UK economic recovery stalling if they fail to address its "undue reliance" on consumer spending, the British Chambers of Commerce has said.

EU Mortgage Credit Directive passes 10 December 2013

Monetary Policy Committee minutes reveal unwillingness to raise interest rates after unemployment falls

Financial Conduct Authority figures show staff are leaving the organisation

Personal Touch network has said it will subsidise member firms' regulatory fees

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research says unemployment rates could fall to 7% by 2014

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has hired trend forecaster the Future Foundation to conduct a review of the ombudsman's role in the changing world of financial services.

The second part of the Help to Buy scheme will be available from this week after the Government brought forward the launch date by three months.