Consumers bullied or misled into buying goods and services are to be given new rights to get their money back, under proposals revealed by the Government today.
Two regulators are to look into the work of the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) to see if it is doing its job of protecting consumers from nuisance phone calls.
Telephone regulators could be able to investigate more nuisance calls under changes being considered by the Government – which is threatening to license call centres if they don't clean up their act.
The Government insists only creditworthy borrowers will be able to buy homes with its Help to Buy scheme, as it revealed more details about its housing stimulus programme.