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Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has asked George Osborne to respond to suggestions from Barclays that retrospective tax action taken against the bank earlier this year was "unwarranted".

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HM Treasury is pressuring the US government for a ‘carve out' on FATCA for low risk institutions, ahead of a draft paper due this week.

The Bank of England has proposed setting up an internal oversight committee to monitor and assess the processes employed in making financial stability policy decisions.

Pensioners and savers are being deprived of thousands of pounds through high management fees that are often hidden, according to leaked advice provided by consultants to the Treasury.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants insists the regulator is considering the Treasury Select Committee's recommendations on the RDR, following an angry letter from TSC chairman Andrew Tyrie.

The Chancellor appears before the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) this afternoon to answer concerns about the accountability of the Bank of England

Lord Myners, the former City minister, has called on the Chancellor to prove his claim Britain was "on the brink of bankrupty" before the coalition government took over in May.

Chancellor George Osborne will scrap the Pre-Budget Report this year and replace it with a slimmed-down autumn statement.