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The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has urged the Money Advice Service (MAS) to expand its offerings and ‘push regulatory boundaries' in order to help to close the advice gap.

Lack of priority within the NHS represents an opportunity for the private healthcare sector the UK Rehabilitation Council has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions is taking lone parents off income support earlier in their child's life and returning them to work.

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service about payment protection insurance increased year on year by 51%, and accounted for 60% of all new cases in 2011/2012.

The proportion of complaints referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) relating to independent financial advisers (IFAs) is continuing to fall.

The Department of Health's information strategy has set a ten-year framework to improve information access for the NHS, public health and social care.

A financial adviser who admitted to fraudulently gaining almost £250,000 from clients and an insurer, as well as perverting the course of justice, has been jailed for three-and-a half years.

The boards of insurance companies have still not implemented a fully effective risk culture in their organisations despite significant investment since the financial crisis of 2008.

Capita has acquired Medicals Direct for £13.2m on a cash free-debt free basis, and a deferred consideration, linked to profit performance, of up to £2m.

HMRC has created a new form and telephone helpline for people who need to make contact about tax and bereavement.