Nearly a quarter of above-average income earners in their 40s and 50s have been forced to switch to buying value or own-label brands to make ends meet, a study suggested today.
Ovo Energy has bucked the trend of falling gas and electricity prices by announcing up to 90,000 of its customers face a hike in their bills. But will the big six follow, which would hit millions of households?
"Complicated" restrictions on the Government's scheme to support the millions of workers who will be automatically placed into workplace pensions must be removed to ensure its success, MPs warned today.
15 March 2012
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