The Treasury select committee has criticised the government over the ‘absurd’ decision to use RPI as the inflation measure to calculate student loan interest instead of CPI which is used for majority of government calculations, including benefit rises

There are no changes to FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework following the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC’s) annual review of the standard, while the regulator says it will review the impact of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts in more detail when a clearer picture of the endorsement of the standard is known

The use of blockchain across the financial services industry risks being significantly delayed by the damaging publicity associated with cryptocurrencies, warns law firm Gowling WLG

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) plans to toughen up its regulatory approach to failing and high risk pension schemes over the next three years as it increases the budget for monitoring and compliance following a spate of pension failures

The Fair Tax campaign has announced the speakers for its June conference, when leaders from FTSE 100 companies, MPs, economists and tax campaigners will debate tax transparency

FTSE 350 boards are being urged to take action to become more inclusive and assign directors specific responsibility for disability issues, after research by KPMG and disability consultancy Purple found almost 60% of businesses do not currently have a named disability champion at the board or senior management level

Hiring in the top ranks of tax partners remain dominated by men according to an analysis of recruiting patterns around the world prepared by executive search specialist Wilkinson Partners