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There was welcome news on the jobs front as official figures today show unemployment fell for the first time in almost two years.
20 January 2010
MoneySavingExpert is saying "No" to increasing credit card minimum repayments in our submission to the Government's consultation to stop stealth charges on plastic.
19 January 2010
The credit card industry wants to revolutionise the way lenders allocate payments to help stop the build-up of debt.
19 January 2010
The energy regulator Ofgem has today introduced a trio of measures intended to offer greater consumer protection, including tougher new rules on the way direct debits (DD) are set.
18 January 2010
Around 100,000 of the UK's poorest families will be crippled with £82 million of debt during 2010 after borrowing money from loan sharks to fund Christmas, research claims today.
15 January 2010
You've only a few days to have your say on government plans to help reduce the £54 billion of credit card debt we owe as a nation.
14 January 2010
First-time buyers (FTBs) who've got on the housing ladder are spending less of their income on servicing mortgage debt but many other wannabe homeowners are still struggling to buy.
14 January 2010
Over one million households have used credit cards to pay their mortgage or rent in the last year, a survey from homeless charity Shelter reveals.
11 January 2010
Consumers are being encouraged to part with cash under an often false promise their credit card or loan debts will be written off.
11 January 2010
House prices are up almost 10% since they bottomed out last April, figures show today.
7 January 2010
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