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Lloyds TSB has become the first of the major banks to unveil a junior cash Isa, over three months after the tax-free children's saving scheme was launched.

The proportion of first-time buyers is set to rise slightly this year, but they could face a narrower choice of properties due to a lack of first-time sellers, a study suggests.

Couples could be forced to live apart by the Government's benefit cap, an economic think-tank is warning.

Up to 16,000 vulnerable households could miss out on help from a Government scheme to help cut their energy bills, lobby groups are warning.

Homeowners who install solar panels before 3 March can get higher payments for generating electricity, after the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that the Government's subsidy cuts were unlawful.

The Government insists it will go ahead with its plans to cap benefits, despite losing a vote on the issue in the House of Lords on Monday.

Ed Miliband has called for an end to Britain's "rip-off consumer culture", insisting the Government should intervene on exorbitant charges for savings, holidays, banking and parking.

Consumers using unauthorised overdrafts find it virtually impossible to calculate how much their bank or building society would charge them or compare fees between providers, research from consumer group Which? has found.