Updated 1:26pm 22 May 2013

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Trevor Law: Avoid the ticking time bomb of interest-only borrowing

There has been much publicised of late in respect of interest only borrowing and potential short falls to repay the mortgage at the end of the mortgage term.Read

Benedict Gorner: Reform is on the agenda

The reformist agenda of the coalition government took a major step forward last month with the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 receiving Royal Assent.Read

Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Two years to go...must do better, Dave

The next General Election is about two years away so what would a school report on the Government's performance to date say?Read

Keith Gabriel: Don't blame the buses - blame the passengers

I was on a stag do in York last weekend. I fair enjoyed it, despite a disappointing lack of vomit, nudity or ritual humiliation.Read

Jon Griffin: A considered view on the working age

"What is retirement? Retirement is death." It's quite an assertion, even from a 94-year-old.Read

Jim Wood-Smith: Why QE helps get the party swinging...

I was asked recently whether quantitative easing is the "new sub-prime".Read

Russell Luckock: Passing the buck on UK immigration

David Cameron, when elected, stated that he would remove reams of red tape from small businesses, on which he depended to create jobs, thus reducing unacceptably high unemployment levels.Read

Adrian Quinn: Will normal service be resumed?

Green shoots to nibble on this week ... the monthly PMI index for manufacturing showed the sector shrank less than expected in April, 49.8, up from 48.6. Read

Russell Luckock: Idle hands will only lead to trouble

The problems of Europe as a whole continue to give cause for concern. The difficulties of the euro are well charted, with the problems in Cyprus increasing as bank depositors remove their cash, having lost confidence in the system.Read

David Bailey: Cable kicks Heseltine's plan into the long grass

The Heseltine Plan appears to have been kicked into the long grass - by the current government at least. Read