The Treasury Select Committee will have the power to veto the appointment of the new chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Chancellor George Osborne has said.

The row over using real client files en route to QCF Level 4 reignited this week after the FSA toughened its stance on using them in alternative assessments.

The FSA has banned Scott Robert Merrell for submitting false mortgage applications to lenders in order to launder drugs-trafficking money.

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has improved Royal London's rating outlook to ‘positive', saying the life company is now a more competitive force in the UK market place.

The Government is expected to throw its weight behind the scrapping of compulsory annuitisation when it launches a consulation on pensions funding tomorrow.

Update 12pm: The FTSE dropped more than half a percentage point into the red this afternoon following a shaky morning session for banks.

The UK's public sector debt could be nearly £4trn higher than headline figures suggest, according to new research.

Two members of a 21-strong tax fraud gang have been ordered to re-pay £92.3m, in the biggest ever confiscation order secured by HMRC.

IFAs are split over whether clients should realise gains or stay invested following last month's rise in capital gains tax (CGT), according to research from 1st Exchange.

George Osborne is calling on the public to send him their best ideas on how to get more for less from our public services.