The FCA issued 400% more clone and scam firm warnings in 2019 than in 2015, according to a Freedom of Information request obtained by Financial Planning Today.

About 460,000 people asked HMRC for a refund on overpaid income tax in the year 2018/19, according to a Freedom of Information request by Royal London.

A total of 546 firms have admitted to errors in their MiFID II transaction reporting to the FCA since the new requirements began just under two years ago, according to a study out today.

HMRC has disciplined nearly more than 90 members staff for misuse of email systems, social media accounts and telecommunications devices over the last two financial years, according to official figures.