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The social care minister reshuffle may cause continuity problems with the social care reforms, Partnership has said.

The government has been criticised for its insistence that the Money Advice Service (MAS) should be responsible for educating consumers about risk.

The protection industry must be willing to participate and engage with both government and consumers if it is to be relevant to how we look after ourselves in the future, Cicero Consulting has said.

Maybe the world of lobbying government to influence policy making is about to be shaken up?

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter, the final official reading has confirmed.

The UK narrowly escaped a double-dip recession by posting slight growth in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest monthly GDP estimate from NIESR.

This is the last week to comment on what should be covered by the cross-government long term conditions strategy - the deadline for comments is 15 June.

There is now an online benefits cap calculator on the DirectGov website, allowing advisers to illustrate how the benefits cap might affect clients.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has signalled the government is ready to loosen its austerity drive with a "massive" increase in state-backed investment into housing and state infrastructure.

GPs have voted to end work capability assessment.