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The Department of Health (DH) is "seeking views" on a cut in medical drug prices of between 10% and 20% and changing how drugs are assessed for value.

Most elderly people will be required to sell their homes in order to afford to fund care costs, according to care fees planning advisers.

Nearly one in five (19%) of people in the UK aged 16 and over have displayed some forms of anxiety or depression, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found.

A quarter (25%) of UK employees did not use all of their holiday allowance in 2012, with one in 10 (11%) feeling too guilty to use all of their annual leave, new research has shown.

A think tank is recommending mandatory protection insurance for personal and small business loans, a proposal CUNA Mutual is taking up.

More than a third of employers who currently offer childcare vouchers are considering scrapping their schemes before the government replacement is finalised.

Simplyhealth has partnered with wellbeing specialist Robertson Cooper to support employees' health through its ‘Good Day at Work' network.

Guide to Advice, a website which helps those looking for financial information, guidance and advice online, has today launched a searchable financial directory.

Provider Aegon UK has hired John Wilkinson, previously head of protection and investments at Nationwide Building Society, as protection director.

UK CPI inflation rose from 2.4% to 2.7% in May, according to the Office for National Statistics, a larger than expected rise driven by transport and clothing costs.