Regulation

The government has confirmed it will be "taking forward" almost all of the recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) addressing the taxation of employee benefits and expenses.

A thematic review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found most advisory firms describing their service as ‘independent' appeared to use the description accurately.

The insuring of items in orbit will be exempt from tax.

UK spending on welfare is to be capped at £119.5bn for 2015-2016, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

The mortgage industry should expect compensation claims from customers who were not offered financial support mechanisms when taking out their loans, claims management firms have said.

Providers purchasing tables at awards ceremonies and inviting advisers to sit on them will likely not be in breach of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) requirements on inducements, it has confirmed.

Macmillan Cancer Support has highlighted continuing problems with the Personal Independence Payment, as highlighted by the Government's own Work and Pensions Committee (WPC), labelling claims backlogs as "appalling".

Extra detectives to be recruited to tackle insurance fraud in England and Wales.

The government has approved a recommendation by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to increase the national minimum wage (NMW) to £6.50 per hour in October this year.

The number of small employers that know their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date is "largely unchanged" since last spring, research from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.