Regulation

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) threw out two-thirds of gripes against the most complained-about advisory groups in the first half of 2013, figures show.

The Bank of England will intervene in banks and building societies' mortgage lending if they appear to be stoking a house price bubble, its governor has warned.

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) premiums are higher than necessary as private hospitals face little competition in local areas across the UK, the Competition Commission (CC) has found.

Disability charities have slammed the government's Workplace Capability Assessments (WCA) as ‘farcical' as those with progressive conditions are being advised they could consider a return to work.

Charlie Bean, the deputy governor of the Bank of England (BoE), has said the Bank has sent a "clear signal" it won't increase interest rates anytime soon as he expressed some surprise at investors' reaction to its position.

The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2013, a higher than previously estimated figure, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with insurance provider Card Protection Plan (CPP) and 13 high street banks and credit card issuers which will result in a £1.3bn redress scheme for people mis-sold CPP's Card Protection and...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is likely to apply more scrutiny to companies' boards prior to implementing its new senior person's regime, a consultancy has suggested.

Measures to cut fraud saved the taxpayer £6.5bn last year, the government has said.

Most members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) backed their new governor's policy of forward guidance on interest rates, minutes from the Committee's latest meeting show.