The FSA paid staff almost £22m in bonuses in the year to 31 March 2010, figures show.
Gordon Brown has confirmed the General Election will be held on 6 May, with the state of the economy and the future of financial services regulation to be the key manifesto targets.
IFAs were in uproar again this week and with good cause. FSA outgoing chief executive Hector Sants and chairman Lord Adair Turner both made speeches about the broken banking sector.
The FSA will step in to "police" the banking sector, but has doubts over whether it can actually change its culture.
The FSA is looking to hire an extra 450 staff to crackdown on insider dealing, Hector Sants has revealed.
The FSA will attempt to ‘choke off' consumer detriment before it occurs through its product regulation plans, Hector Sants says.
For the FSA to ask for a 10% increase in funding is a major kick in the teeth for all the thousands of smaller firms forced to make drastic cut backs as the economic situation continues to bite.
The Tories would transfer UK financial regulation to the Bank of England within a year of taking power, the shadow financial secretary to the Treasury says.
Hector Sants' resignation shouldn't really come as a surprise - even turkeys don't vote for Christmas.
Less than two days after the resignation of FSA chief executive Hector Sants, advisers have been keen to outline who they think should replace him.