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Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Shares in BSkyB have rebounded after a 3% fall this afternoon as Rupert Murdoch bowed to pressure to withdraw his bid for the remaining 61% of the broadcaster.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has presented a petition of nearly 7000 member signatures to Parliament demanding the acceleration of the review into the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves has urged the government to move forward with the Pensions Bill before the summer recess.

MPs today rejected a bill which could have stopped the FSA increasing its regulatory fees above the rate of inflation.

The government will look to exempt small financial services firms from further regulation for three years when it writes new powers for the FSA's successor.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has launched a member petition to be tabled in the House of Commons on the way the FSCS is funded.

It took George Osborne a little under one hour to deliver his second package of measures as Chancellor today.

It took a while, but the past six months have seen politicians in Westminster finally take note of RDR and the way it may impact advisers and consumers.

Simon Badley, director of intermediary at Aviva, says the industry needs to work together to change the client view of financial advice.