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It’s depressing, disappointing, but not a complete disaster. The Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to drop the bank charges case is a blow, yet there are still other legal avenues.
22 December 2009
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given up its fight against banks over unauthorised overdraft charges.
22 December 2009
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will announce tomorrow whether it plans to continue its fight against banks over unauthorised overdraft charges.
21 December 2009
Cheques will be phased out by 31 October 2018, the UK's Payments Council said today.
16 December 2009
One in 20 people described 2009 as their worst year ever and almost half said they were most worried about money or debt, a survey showed today.
14 December 2009
The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the tenth consecutive month.
10 December 2009
Anyone earning over £20,000 a year will have to pay more National Insurance (NI) than expected from April 2011.
9 December 2009
The Chancellor plans to introduce a boiler scrappage scheme, similar to the car scrappage scheme, to help 125,000 households replace old appliances.
9 December 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed VAT will rise from 15% to 17.5% in January as planned.
9 December 2009
Today's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) was a story of higher taxes for most of us to help pay for the country's £178 billion of borrowing this year.
9 December 2009
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