Ex-Pensions Minister and pensions campaigner Baroness Ros Altmann has called on the Government to consider allowing early access to the State Pension for those who need it, saying it is an issue of "social justice."

Investment platform and SIPP provider 7IM has acquired London-based Financial Planning firm Partners Wealth Management.

The number of complaints dealt with by the Financial Ombudsman Scheme has fallen to its lowest level for at least 7 years.

The FCA says that big tech firms like Google can do more to protect consumers in areas on the edge of the FCA's regulatory perimeter.

The number of pensions being fully withdrawn have risen 5.1% but the number of people taking regulated advice when entering drawdown has fallen by 10% in the first half of the year, according to the FCA’s Retirement Income Market data bulletin.

The FCA has advised firms to return to working from home where possible.