Apparently some £30 billion worth of financial services related crime is committed each year, with everyone losing out from taxpayers to pension savers. Even though there are multiple agencies in existence to combat and prosecute against this crime the Tories claim that they are not doing their job well enough. Their plan involves scrapping most of these agencies and regulatory bodies to be replaced with a single entity, responsible for ensuring economic crime is prevented and appropriately punished when it does happen.

Recruitment experts are expecting a small downturn in the number of vacancies posted during the pre-election period. They claim this is partly due to businesses wanting to leave any financial decisions until after the results of the election are announced and any impact to their financial forecasts are fully understood.

Any long term impact is expected to be limited, however, as companies are expected to increase recruitment as the economy recovers. In real terms, compared to last year, they also claim the job market is a lot healthier over the year from March 2009 to March 2010.