Labour

Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed former banker Sajid Javid as financial secretary to the Treasury following the latest reshuffle of the Cabinet.

Labour will reverse a planned rise in business rates for small firms if it wins the next election, party leader Ed Miliband is expected to say today.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has attacked pension companies who "rip off" their clients through excessive fees and charges.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has demanded five immediate steps to avert further financial turmoil.

Shadow business secretary John Denham will today announce an investigation into companies that knowingly 'rip off' consumers, with a focus on financial services.

Asset allocation has been child's play since Labour came to power in 1997.

Both former shadow chancellors George Osborne and Vince Cable have been given positions in the new coalition cabinet.

Gordon Brown is to step down as Prime Minister in September and will ask the party to "set in train" a leadership contest to replace him.

As Britain wakes up this morning to a likely hung parliament, Investment Week examines the key issues threatening a cross-party coalition.

Newspapers gripped with Election fever have Cameron's name splashed over (almost all) the front pages, as polling day 2010 kicks-off.