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Labour MP Stella Creasy has stepped up her calls for a cap on the cost of short-term, high interest loans, as new figures reveal 3.5 million Britons expect to need a payday loan in the next six months.
7 December 2011
A Parliamentary debate on providing compulsory financial education in schools is scheduled to take place in the main chamber of the House of Commons on Thursday next week.
6 December 2011
Average house prices were only marginally lower last month than at the start of the year as the market remained stable throughout 2011, mortgage lender Halifax said today.
6 December 2011
The Government's plans to bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 have been met with dismay by elderly groups.
30 November 2011
Lenders and estate agents say the Government could have helped first-time buyers by extending their stamp duty 'holiday' in yesterday's Autumn Budget Statement.
30 November 2011
The Chancellor has announced he is scrapping the 3p fuel duty rise scheduled for early next year in a bid to help hard-pressed motorists.
29 November 2011
Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by the planned 5.2%, in line with September's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure.
29 November 2011
The housing market has remained "surprisingly resilient" this month, Nationwide said today, as the average price of a property increased by 0.4% month-on-month.
29 November 2011
Regulated rail fares will rise by 6% in the new year, not the expected 8%.
29 November 2011
Automatic pensions enrolment for small businesses is to be delayed a year, Pensions Minister Steve Webb said today.
28 November 2011
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