07/04/2017. The ‘event fees’ system used by elderly residents to defer payment of some of the running costs of their retirement leasehold homes until they sell them is potentially open to abuse by rogue landlords and should be regulated, urges

6/4/2017. Financial lobby group calls for extra Brexit transition period The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has warned that the two-year negotiating period for Brexit talks is not long enough for banks, investors and financial regulators to prepare

04/04/2017. Credit card firms will be required to take an escalating series of actions to encourage customers to repay debts more quickly and avoid getting into ‘persistent’ debt in the first place, under new rules proposed by the Financial Conduct

03/04/2017 17.5m full-time workers aged 25 and over benefited from an inflation-busting 30p per hour pay rise from 1 April, when the National Living Wage was increased to £7.50.  Around 200,000 workers aged 21 to 24 years also received their

31/03/2017. While acknowledging ‘good progress’ in the ‘complex project’ of designing the scheme for 100% retention of business rates by local authorities, a National Audit Office report emphasises that “clear risks (remain) both to the timely delivery of the initiative