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Chancellor George Osborne has announced the increase in the personal tax allowance to £10,000 will be brought forward to 2014.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced the government will extend its Equitable Life compensation payments to cover customers who bought with-profits policies before 1992.

The Pensions Regulator will have to take into account the "growth prospects" of employers when considering their pension schemes, Chancellor George Osborne said today.

The Chancellor has announced an updated remit for the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, in a move to boost growth through "monetary activism".

Barclays has announced an award of £38.5m in shares to nine of its executive staff.

The Pension Protection Fund has changed its guidance on certifying contingent assets to increase the value placed on employer guarantees in last man standing schemes.

The Church of England has warned clergy they will "likely" face higher diocesan pension contributions following an increase in the scheme deficit at the latest valuation.

BT Pension Scheme has appointed Eileen Haughey as chief executive of BT Pension Scheme Management.

The Chancellor has been urged by a leading policy expert to consider scrapping salary sacrifice to save the treasury billions of pounds a year.

The government is to announce further spending cuts in Wednesday's Budget, with the savings going to large-scale infrastructure projects designed to boost economic growth, according to reports.