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An increase in the minimum wage is required to protect low-income workers from a "perfect storm" of benefit cuts, rising living standards and a lack of jobs, Oxfam warns.
14 June 2012
Maths teachers will need to use real-life money examples in primary schools to help kids understand finance, under Government education proposals.
12 June 2012
Retail workers could be better off on the dole because of tax credit changes brought in under the last Budget, a new report claimed this week.
11 June 2012
House prices have managed to weather the recession by recording their first monthly increase since February, a study said today.
31 May 2012
The motor insurance market is today facing an investigation by the Competition Commission after a report found the market was "dysfunctional" and may be pushing up premiums by £225 million a year.
31 May 2012
Vulnerable borrowers could be better protected against payday loan companies, after lenders agreed to improve their codes of practice under Government pressure.
24 May 2012
The double-dip recession is deeper than originally feared, with revised figures today showing a sharper decline in the economy in the first three months of 2012.
24 May 2012
A consumer watchdog has called for tougher government guidelines on supermarket pricing after uncovering tactics it claims are misleading shoppers.
24 May 2012
The Government was given some welcome good news on the jobs front today when unemployment fell by 45,000 and the number of dole claimants dipped for the second month in a row.
16 May 2012
Half a million people are set to lose their disability benefits under government plans, it has emerged.
15 May 2012
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