Regulation

The incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined plans to use new powers permitting it to publish details of enforcement cases, at one of the earliest stages of its proceedings.

The incoming FCA will focus on consumer expectation, even if it is "utterly unreasonable", according to a legal and regulatory compliance consultancy.

Chancellor George Osborne is to tell the electorate this week that his debt plans are in ruins, with the deadline for bringing UK debt down pushed back by many years.

The imminent Welfare Reform Act should serve as a wake-up call to the public. It will be launched on 1 April and will bring major changes to payments for thousands of people and further reinforce that reliance on the State is a fool's paradise.

A review into NHS complaints processes has been launched today by the secretary of state for health Jeremy Hunt.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is set to experience more change with its chairman's three-year term coming to an end in September.

Jeremy Hunt has launched a centre of innovation excellence with Johnson & Johnson to support healthier lifestyles in the UK.

The government was in listening mode at the launch of a report to tackle state dependency and potential National Insurance rebates for income protection policyholders in Westminster today.

The FSA is conducting a review into insurance firms' use of private investigators amid suspicions of poor practice.

The majority of polled advisers have said FSA and Office of Fair Trading final guidance on short-term income protection provides complete clarity, amid recent concern over the PPI-style-product guidance.