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Payday loan costs can be capped by new watchdog

5 December 2012

A Government amendment to the Financial Services Bill confirms the FCA will have the power to cap payday loan costs

Clamour to postpone fuel duty rise grows

12 November 2012

Labour is calling on the Government to delay the planned 3p-a-litre increase in fuel duty in a Commons vote today

Energy firms must offer (not give) cheapest deals, says Ofgem

19 October 2012

Regulator Ofgem plans to force suppliers to offer their cheapest tariff to customers, in the latest energy development

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1 October 2012

Ed Balls: 4G mobile sale should fund housing boost

Balls will also use his party conference speech to state Labour could not reverse spending cuts immediately, if in power

21 September 2012

Households ripped off by £430 each year, report says

Every household is being ripped off to the tune of £430 a year by financial firms, according to a new study

13 July 2012

Ed Miliband attacks high pension charges

Labour is planning to turn its fire on pension companies which rip off their customers with excessive fees and charges

12 January 2012

Scottish Parliament to debate payday loan regulation

An MSP will today call for the UK government to introduce stricter controls on payday lenders

20 October 2011

MP wants debt firms to state free alternatives

Labour's Yvonne Fovargue introduced a bill requiring firms to explain where people can access free debt help

17 October 2011

Energy summit: Government to promote switching

Prime Minister David Cameron wants more households to scour the market for cheaper gas and electricity

12 October 2011

Scottish and Southern Energy throws open electricity market

SSE is to auction all of its power on the open market in a bid to bring new new suppliers into the energy market

9 September 2011

Ed Balls calls for compulsory financial education

The Shadow Chancellor has given his backing to our petition calling for financial education to be compulsory in schools

17 March 2011

Motorists call for £1 per litre petrol in Budget

The vast majority of drivers believe a litre of petrol should cost no more than £1, a poll of more than 14,000 shows

3 February 2011

Government in payday loan crackdown pledge

The coalition will consider a cap on prices but stopped short of supporting a motion calling for immediate regulation

28 January 2011

Fuel duty hike may be scrapped

The Government has come under pressure as the cost of a litre of unleaded soared to almost £1.30

20 January 2011

MPs to vote over payday loan curbs

Expensive payday lending will be the subject of a House of Commons debate after a campaign by cross party politicians

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