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There are no plans to end the current pensions guarantee known as the "triple lock", the government says, after a call for it to be abolished.

A guarantee that pensions should rise by at least 2.5%, should be dropped from 2020, former pensions minister Baroness Altmann says.

Politicians should stop using a "carrot of higher graduate earnings" to justify student debt, say campaigners.

Thousands of people face a deadline of the end of Sunday to renew tax credits and pay tax owed, or face losing payments or being hit with penalties.

High-profile London estate agency Foxtons has announced a 42% fall in profits, blaming uncertainty around the EU referendum for the fall.

Energy regulator is to investigate concerns about the Perth-based company's approach to switching customers to pre-payment meter tariffs..

The number of people being declared insolvent rises by a fifth on a year ago - but low interest rates mean the total is still comparatively low.

Thomas Cook expects to miss full-year profit targets after terror attacks in Turkey sent holidaymakers elsewhere.

Lloyds Banking Group says it will cut a further 3,000 jobs and close 200 more branches, even as it reports a doubling of pre-tax profits.

The Brexit effect on the housing market may take months to become clear, the Nationwide says as it reports a slight rise in UK house prices in July.