A financial adviser from Henley-on-Thames has been jailed for 14 months after giving false financial advice to an elderly woman.

The government may need to compel people to undertake long-term savings because it cannot afford to support those who do not save adequately on their own, a think-tank report says.

Hopes were rising in Brussels that an unlikely deal with the UK over the EU's long-term budget was taking shape, although the chief negotiator was trying to resolve a deluge of last-minute complaints from other countries on the eve of what could be a...

Owners who leave their properties in Cornwall empty for more than two years will have to pay 150% of their council tax bill, while discounts for second home owners have been scrapped.

Young people in Britain are saving nearly one fifth of their monthly disposable income, which is more than any other age group - but only 12% are using this money to save for retirement, according to research by asset manager BlackRock.

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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is stepping up its investigations into taxes potentially underpaid by the directors and senior executives of the UK's largest companies, warns Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.

The Association of Christian Financial Advisers (ACFA) is supporting legal moves to stimulate increased social investment in the UK.

Fund manager Gervais Williams says he manages his own finances because financial advisers are expensive and apt to confuse.

A tough stance by the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to act "early and decisively" will bring integrity back to financial markets, chief executive designate Martin Wheatley has pledged.