Labour

UK - Gordon Brown's suggestion the Labour Party would extend its policy to restrict pensions tax relief to include people earning more than £100,000 was a "slip of the tongue", a Labour spokesman says.

The Labour Party could extend its restriction on higher rate pensions tax relief to include people earning more than £100,000, Gordon Brown suggested last night.

UK - The Labour Party could extend its restriction on higher rate pensions tax relief to include people earning more than £100,000 (US$153,140), Gordon Brown suggested last night.

Scheme wind-up victims claim the Labour party has ignored its fears over the effectiveness of the Financial Assistance Scheme while the other parties have been "supportive".

Concerns over public sector pensions were ignored during the three party leader debates ahead of the election, Axa says.

Just three programmes in, is the novelty of leaders’ debates already fading?

Politicians from the three major parties are all complaining that, with all the media attention being focused on "Bigotgate", the leaders' debates and the prospect of a hung parliament, not enough time is being spent looking at the actual policies being...

Lack of political policy on personal finance sustainability so far has been ‘inexcusable', Fidelity International says.

The general election is likely to result in a hung parliament and the markets face a "corridor of uncertainty" as the parties negotiate the terms of a coalition government, Schroders says.

One certainty amid all the uncertainty of this Election is that anything other than an outright Labour win should result in a proper compensation plan for Equitable Life policyholders - and quickly too.