2009

There's a new top long-term balance transfer credit card out this week. The Barclaycard Platinum card allows you to shift debts to it at 6.3% for three years with no fee.

Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland are to close their popular Cash Isa Plus accounts to new customers at end of business today, at 5pm. The accounts, which pay 3.51% variable, are our top-pick clean ISAs for new money.

The minimum wage will rise for most workers this October by 7p an hour to £5.80, it was announced today.

All homes in Britain will have energy meters telling users how much they’ve spent fitted between 2012 and 2020, the Government announced today.

Tesco Clubcard holders can double the value of their vouchers to use on many non-food items from Monday.

Abbey will reintroduce its Zero credit card on Monday just in time for the holiday season. It is now our top-pick credit card to use overseas.

Tiscali customers can probably breathe a sigh of relief after the troubled telephone, broadband and TV provider’s UK operations were bought by TalkTalk today.

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at 0.5% for the second consecutive month.

Consumers hoping to get their loan or credit card debt wiped off or reduced via the courts by exploiting loopholes in legislation have been warned by a lawyer that they’ve little chance of immediate success.