June 2013

Avid payday loan campaigner and outspoken critic Stella Creasy has not been invited to attend a crunch summit about the controversial industry on Monday.

Banks that have failed to cancel a regular payment on a credit or debit card when asked over recent years will now have to refund customers for all subsequent charges. So it's important you claim back this cash, if owed.

House prices have recorded their fastest increase in almost three years, Nationwide has reported.

The Government's Green Deal scheme, which aims to help people make energy efficient home improvements, is continuing to make a slow start, new figures show.

Households at risk of flooding should be able to get affordable insurance in future, the Government said today.

Controversial payday loan firms will face the scrutiny of the Competition Commission after a watchdog found widespread abuses.

£424 million was paid out to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in April this year — bringing the total bill across the industry to over £10 billion so far.

Mobile phone insurers have been slammed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for offering policies which simply don't provide the cover they promise.

People living in hot countries will no longer be able to claim winter fuel payments from autumn 2015, chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Government's Spending Review.