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Commuters in England and Wales face an average 3.5% increase in regulated rail fares next year, after official inflation figures used to calculate the rise were published today.

The Government hasn't ruled out refunding homeowners who paid for a Green Deal assessment but who weren't able to get the cashback after the Home Improvement Fund's sudden closure.

The Government's Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, which offers households money to make their homes more energy-efficient, closed last night after the £120m allocated for it ran out.

From next April millions of people will be able to get free, impartial guidance on how to make the most of their retirement savings.

If you've taken advantage of your tax-free ISA allowance every year since the accounts were introduced in 1999, you should check how much you've saved as you may now have breached the UK's £85,000 safe savings limit.

A Government minister has told the Student Loans Company not to use "misleading tactics" to collect debt, after it was revealed the firm sent letters to over 300,000 graduates purporting to be from a debt collection firm.

16 and 17-year-olds can save up to £19,000 tax-free this year under today's ISA revamp, meaning they could net £100s in interest if they put the maximum amount away.