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First time buyers and their ability to get onto the property ladder is, according to Cicero, going to be a major issue in the forthcoming election.

Labour appeared to reveal most of its plans in terms of savings in last month's Budget by agreeing to extend existing ISA limits until 2010.

The Conservative Party says it would overhaul the way in which the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) operate if elected into government.

Pension experts have called for politicians to leave matters concerning pensions by the formation of a permanent ‘Pension Committee" instead.

In a quick-fire response, the Liberal Democrats claim pension plans laid out by the Tories yesterday will not aid the poorest two-thirds of pensioners but make many poorer still.

The Conservative Party has pledged to re-establish the basic state pension earnings link, reduce the role of means-tested benefits, and scrap compulsory annuity purchase for 75-year-olds under a new Conservative Government.

The Conservative Party has slammed the Pension Credit system calling it "chaotic" and "nightmarishly complicated".