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.
A range of simplified, easy-to-compare financial products should be introduced to help restore consumer trust in the industry, a Treasury-commissioned review recommends.
Sports fans who bought potentially invalid London 2012 Olympics tickets from Norwegian traders are to be refunded, following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
1 August 2012
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