It's not working," she said. "At the moment we're papering over the cracks and throwing money down the drain because the whole system is just creaking under the pressure of it being built on ...

Thousands of British women could be missing significant sums from their pension due to a "common error" made by their employers while on maternity leave, the Money blog can exclusively reveal.

Economists were expecting something more out of the month, but the still-antsy stock market breathed a sigh of relief.