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LV= is "intensely" monitoring gender split risks after reporting massive sales figures in the run up to G-Day.

Members of parliament are due to vote on Tuesday on controversial government plans to place a 1% cap on annual rises in some benefits and tax credits for three years.

The Coalition has remained tight-lipped on any long-term care funding plans in its mid-term review, despite reports that it is set to introduce a £75,000 care cap structure.

The final cost to the country's banks for payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling is likely to be about £25bn, according to The Times.

The Department of Health (DoH) has announced £5 million of funding, in the form of two competitions, for businesses to design products or services that will help those with mental health illnesses and people at the end of their life.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will change the wording on its rulings to say that consumers who it has awarded compensation to can also pursue a legal case for redress following a High Court decision last week.

The industry is continuing to report pre G-Day sales spikes as it moves beyond the deadline.

Long-term care cost plans will be announced by the Coalition today when it issues its Mid-Term Review.

English Councils are frustrated over delays in announcing their funding allocations for public health responsibilities.

Former care services minister Paul Burstow will be speaking at an event in the House of Commons on 8 January to launch the findings of a report on the future of long-term care.