AA

Thousands of savers are being dumped onto miserly rates as their sky-high fixed deals come to an end.

Wheel clamping on private land should be banned and parking ticket issuers need to be properly regulated to protect vulnerable motorists, says the AA.

The cost of home and car insurance premiums has risen by up to 11% during the past year, according to the AA.

Banks and building societies will have to display much clearer information to savers about how their money is protected from next January, under rules announced today by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Savers have received another lift with the introduction of three best-buy accounts today.

Fuel prices are rising at a faster rate than last year's spring and summer surge when petrol costs soared to a 120p a litre high.

Millions of motorists will pay more than two pence a litre extra for their fuel from tomorrow, due to the latest increases in fuel duty.