House prices increased slightly last month, according to the bank Halifax, although the market still faces "significant headwinds" as household finances come under pressure.
Single mothers will be hit harder than any other group by the coalition Government's programme of benefit cuts and tax rises, losing an average 8.5% of their income after tax by 2015, according to a report released today.
Controversial plans to raise the state pension age for women were waved through by MPs last night after the Government offered to hold talks with critics about how the change would be introduced.
The Government says it intends to press ahead with its timetable to raise the state pension age for women despite the threat of a revolt by Conservative and Liberal Democrat backbenchers.
Chancellor George Osborne is today expected to give approval to plans to force banks to erect a protective firewall between their retail and investment arms, in a bid to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis of 2008.
The Government has launched what it's describing as a "revolutionary" Work Programme today, to help around two and a half million people back to work in the next five years.
Lenders have slashed interest on fixed rate mortgages, while the number of mortgages available to those with small deposits has also risen, new figures show.
Half of younger people think Britain will become a nation of renters within a generation as many give up on the dream of home ownership, a study suggests today.
A generation of Britons are facing a cash-strapped retirement as they refuse to save more in response to the changing pensions landscape, a report indicated today.
