A payday loan provider has been banned from selling loans and smacked with a massive fine for allowing fraudsters to borrow cash in 7,000 people's names and then demanding the money back from victims.
The Government should give struggling mortgage borrowers more help to avoid repossession by keeping some temporary benefit arrangements in place for at least another year, lenders have urged.
There are fears the price of energy could jump later this year, which has prompted some experts to urge worried households to consider fixing their gas and electricity prices.
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland racked up more than £300 million worth of charges today as it counted the cost of an IT meltdown and two mis-selling scandals.