British consumers are being ripped off by scams and frauds to the tune of almost £7 billion a year, but official arrangements to protect them are "incoherent and fragmented", a parliamentary report warns today.
Consumer groups, including MoneySavingExpert.com, have called on the Government and energy suppliers to finally take decisive action to curb the soaring cost of gas and electricity.
A combination of complex charges and poor or misleading information means consumers are paying too much when buying foreign money or using cards overseas, a lobby group says.
The Government today announced "sweeping" reforms to copyright law meaning it will no longer be illegal to copy files from a CD or DVD onto a computer for personal use.