Half a million people will join a workplace pension for the first time by Christmas once employees start being automatically enrolled into schemes, the Government predicts.
A Government scheme aiming to help people with smaller deposits buy a new-build home has been scuppered by lenders' high rates, a major builder said today.
The retail prices index (RPI) rate of inflation fell to 2.9% in August, down from 3.2% in July, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal today.
Households will see an increase in real income next year for the first time since the credit crunch struck, with middle-income earners and poorer families benefiting the most, according to research.
Low-income families could be pushed further into financial difficulties and debt by a shift to monthly benefit payments under Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms, a think tank warned today.
The Olympic Games delivered a boost to Britain's jobs market after official figures today showed another drop in unemployment as the part-time workforce soared.
George Osborne has insisted there are "positive signs" for the UK economy despite a think-tank drastically downgrading its growth forecast for Britain.
The Bank of England held back from unleashing further emergency support for the economy today, despite receiving a jolt over the health of the UK's recovery.
The Government is considering enforcing tougher sanctions for disabled and sickness benefit claimants who refuse to take steps to get back into the workplace.
