Politics

The government's Health Bill has been introduced to the House of Commons after being announced at this week’s King Speech. Among its key elements, the Bill will cement the end of NHS...

Wes Streeting has stepped down as health secretary. Streeting, who is widely tipped to run against Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader after a disastrous set of local council election results last...

Abolishing NHS England, implementing some of the government's 10 year health plan and the merger of the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service reforms are set...

The British Standards Institution (BSI) will help develop a new standard for healthy working as part of the Keep Britain Working Review while the number of employers signed-up has more than doubled....

Benefits payable from stand-alone registered group life pension schemes will be exempt from inheritance tax (IHT) changes, the government has clarified. This aligns with the treatment of retirement benefit schemes that provide...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will undergo a series of significant reforms aimed at returning it to its original purpose of being a “simple, impartial dispute resolution service“. This will include a...

Baroness Nicky Morgan has told Health & Protection she is considering resuming her quest to secure an inquiry on women’s financial resilience in the House of Lords following an unsuccessful attempt last...

Consumer inflation is forecast to hit the Bank of England’s 2% target later this year, the Office for Budget Responsibility believes. After averaging 2.3% in 2026, CPI inflation will stabilise at 2%...

The government has unveiled a national cancer plan which aims to ensure three quarters of people diagnosed with cancer from 2035 onwards are cancer-free or living well after five years.   Under the...

Pensions minister Torsten Bell (pictured) has ruled out auto-enrolment for private medical insurance (PMI). The subject of auto-enrolment for workplace health benefits has been raised following the publication of the Labour government...