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The Financial Services Authority is offering voluntary and community organisations a share of at least £100,000 to come up with "original, creative projects" to help consumers become "more capable" with their finances.

The Department for Work and Pensions is offering money to not-for-profit organisations who can come up with the most creative and innovative ideas for encouraging working people to save for the future.

Progress from Royal Liver has added an e-only training programme to its extranet to help new entrants learn about the protection industry.

The Labour Party has today announced manifesto proposals affecting employment law as the chancellor said the government would consult on plans to extend the rights of parents to flexible working hours.

The Institute of Financial Services has plans to integrate the ProShare financial programme into two of its existing education structures after acquiring the service for the professional body.

The Financial Services Skills Council is launching a month-long consultation from tomorrow (Wednesday 9th Feb) to redesign education standards for retail financial services providers.

Improving consumer understanding of financial services should be done through a dedicated "Financial Education Agency" funded by a levy on the industry and through lottery funding, argues the Association of Investment Trust Companies.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is rolling out three new initiatives, including a new software tool, by the end of the month to help develop the lifetime mortgage market.

Advisers should to be allowed to claw back some of their FSA levy if they actively invest in consumer education of finance, according to a proposal being tabled to the FSA.

Price rises averaging 6.7% annually are hitting parents of those with children born in 2004 who want to plan ahead for school fees, and threaten to load them with a £134,000 cost of education over seven years of future secondary education, says JP Morgan...