government

Senior figures from the NHS, private and third sectors are calling on the Secretary of State to reform the healthcare procurement system, encouraging joint working between public and private sectors.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has visited the Prime Minister's office to raise a number of key broker issues.

Auto-enrolment will be a positive for life insurers but the FSA break-up will likely stifle business, an actuarial consultant has said.

The social care minister reshuffle may cause continuity problems with the social care reforms, Partnership has said.

The government has been criticised for its insistence that the Money Advice Service (MAS) should be responsible for educating consumers about risk.

The protection industry must be willing to participate and engage with both government and consumers if it is to be relevant to how we look after ourselves in the future, Cicero Consulting has said.

Maybe the world of lobbying government to influence policy making is about to be shaken up?

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter, the final official reading has confirmed.

The UK narrowly escaped a double-dip recession by posting slight growth in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest monthly GDP estimate from NIESR.

This is the last week to comment on what should be covered by the cross-government long term conditions strategy - the deadline for comments is 15 June.