Specialist lender and savings provider Hampshire Trust Bank is to acquire Wesleyan Bank, the savings and ISA arm of Wesleyan Assurance Society.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to revamp the pension taper rules which have deterred some high earners in the NHS from working extra hours.

Over the past 10 years I’ve seen too many governments treat pension savers, particularly middle to high earner, as tax-dodging lepers.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to open a consultation on major changes to pension rules which have been criticised for forcing high-earning doctors to turn down extra shifts due to tax penalties.