If one were to pen a letter to Father Christmas listing the most audacious political gifts imaginable, a wholesale regulatory retreat in...

Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Just days after the abrupt departure of Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) CEO Abby Thomas, the...

The revolving door of financial oversight spins again. Abby Thomas, the chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), has...

The Bank of England has revised down its already lacklustre growth forecast, slashing expectations for 2025 from 1.5% to a dismal 0.75%....

It’s like they’re ordering off a menu. First, they demanded a bite out of pensions. Now, the City’s well-heeled financiers have turned...

Ah, GDP. That magical number governments love to flaunt as a badge of success, regardless of whether people can afford their weekly shop...

In yet another dazzling display of bureaucratic evasion, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has masterfully sidestepped accountability...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), that ever-reliable bastion of financial oversight, has once again graced us with a response to...

Square Mile, backed the government’s plans but urged ministers to quickly deliver Apparently, the Square Mile runs the country now, not...

Hacking Away Thickets of Red Tape Keir Starmer’s latest masterstroke? Promising to hack away at the ‘thickets of red tape’  supposedly...

Sir Keir Starmer met with the fat cats of industry yesterday, not to hold them accountable, not to ensure they contribute fairly to...

An insurance company has released a survey suggesting that young adults have developed a taste for smoothed return investments. And,...

Tomorrow, Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, will unveil plans to “tear down” barriers to growth , a move that smacks more of reckless...

It seems Rachel Reeves, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, is leaving no stone unturned and no risk untaken in her frantic bid to...

The heist blueprint - designed by bankers! Picture it: a heist movie where the criminals wear tailored suits, sip champagne in glass...

Here we go again. The Government is dusting off the well-worn manual titled How to Ignore Regulators and Repeat the Mistakes of the Past...

It seems the Labour government has discovered its true calling: not as the champion of the working class, but as the darling of the...

Once again, the UK Government has rolled out the red carpet for City bankers, putting their profits ahead of voters, taxpayers, and basic...

It’s a peculiar thing, isn’t it? The government is bending over backwards to grease the wheels for City fat cats, watering down market...

The financial advice profession is, apparently, in the grips of a dramatic “adviser shortage.” Or so we’re told by Chris Jones , who just...