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Hundreds of thousands of Santander customers will be hit by hikes to their standard variable mortgage rate (SVR) from today.

House prices slipped back by 0.4% in September, Nationwide says today, although it adds the housing market remains relatively stable.

Millions of Vodafone pay monthly mobile customers will be hit by price hikes from next month, while some call charges will also rise.

Two people who sent millions of spam text messages face being fined more than £250,000, the information watchdog said today.

The proceeds of selling off 4G mobile phone licences should be used to "kick-start the economy" by building 100,000 affordable homes and funding a tax break for first-time buyers, shadow chancellor Ed Balls will say today.

Drivers wanting to challenge charges made in private car parks in England and Wales can use a new appeals service from today, though there is a catch.

Low-paid workers will suffer a wage cut in real terms despite an increase from today in the national minimum wage, according to union leaders.

Debit and credit card fraud has increased as criminals turn to old-fashioned scams to swipe people's plastic, an industry body says.

From Monday, up to 11 million workers will start to be automatically enrolled into a workplace pension.

The motor insurance industry is to face a full-blown investigation after competition watchdogs said the market wasn't working for consumers and found premiums were being pushed up by £225 million a year.