Regulation

From a Financial Services Ombudsman update to panel discussions with interactive voting; this year's COVER forum programme has been finalised.

The government has invited high-profile NHS hospitals to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise UK funds and the service's international profile.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation climbed to 2.6% last month, from 2.4% in June.

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written to NHS leaders to outline the next major step in the health and care system transition.

Unum was in talks yesterday with Carol Sergeant to bang the drum for more prominence on the workplace in the distribution of her steering group's simple income replacement concept.

Charter UK has questioned the Financial Ombudsman Service review that has rejected calls for claims management companies to pay a fee for submitting bogus cases.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) board has expressed concerns about the accountability of the Money Advice Service (MAS).

Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King has warned against a further cut in interest rates, arguing it would damage the banking sector and may be "counterproductive".

Patient suffering needs to be avoided in the current conflict between two NHS organisations on care funding, the NHS Confederation has warned.

Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour but clarity needs to be improved, a Judicial review has ruled.