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July 2013
British Gas is to replace numerous standing charges with just one per fuel, but there's still a long way to go towards simplifying energy bills.
9 July 2013
E.on has agreed to pay £2.5 million to help some of its most vulnerable customers and been fined £500,000 after it inaccurately reported how many free light bulbs it gave out as part an energy efficiency scheme.
9 July 2013
Now is still the time to get a mortgage if you want to fix, it has been claimed, despite the Bank of England insisting the base rate is unlikely to rise any time soon.
9 July 2013
Insurance companies who charge existing customers more than new ones to renew their policies are being investigated by the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
8 July 2013
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) won't take action against the Bank of Ireland for hiking base rate tracker mortgage rates, it has been revealed today.
8 July 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron has today confirmed financial education will form part of the final draft of the national curriculum in England, to be implemented from September 2014.
8 July 2013
Over six million people could boost their chances of getting credit by joining the electoral register.
5 July 2013
Many homebuyers in Scotland could benefit from lower stamp duty rates within two years, after a bill passed last week enabling the country to set its own rates for the first time.
4 July 2013
House prices rose at their fastest rate for almost three years in June, as Government stimulus schemes improved confidence in the market and a property shortage fuelled rising prices.
4 July 2013
A firm which runs mobile phone insurance policies sold by Phones 4u has been fined £2.8 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for mishandling hundreds of complaints.
3 July 2013
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