The government wishes to get the UK out of extreme debt. So far on its watch the private sector has done its bit. It has reined in credit card excesses, and gone soft on mortgage borrowing. The banks won’t lend 100% of a property any more, and many people are circumspect about taking on high

The BBC website has a head-to-head debate between a supporter and opponent of a financial transactions tax, more commonly known as a Tobin or Robin Hood tax. Here is a flavour: There are (at least) three fatal flaws in the plan. Firstly, it will not be the banks but savers and pensioners that foot the

The government is working with two fund manager associations to use savers' money to fund roads, ports and infrastructure projects

"This sub-prime revival is part of an alleged "growth package" which will have exactly the opposite effect to the one intended. It will further stoke inflation, inflict more misery on savers (pensioners especially) and further distort the market mechanisms whose proper functioning is vital to our economic recovery. One might expect this kind of crazed Keynesian recklessness from President Obama: h...

National Association of Pension Funds says that fees are too high and that consumers face an "eye wateringly complex" system of hidden levies.

Prudent savers hit by 'excessive' hidden fees on pensions ... sayeth the Telegraph... The National Association of Pension Funds says that fees are too high and that consumers face an “eye wateringly complex” system of hidden levies. Last year, The Daily Telegraph exposed how pension charges could strip pensioners of up to three quarters of their income. Well ok, that ...

Millions of workers will have their retirement incomes stripped of up to three quarters of their value after ministers abandoned savers to "predatory" private pension providers, a report warns.

A Conservative MP is calling for a basket of foreign currencies to be made legal tender in the UK to protect savers and increase consumer choice.

Third of companies will reduce contributions to workers as new rules push them to offer pensions for all staff, report warns.

A National Association of Pension Funds survey shows that people would put aside more money if they knew what to expect from the state