Unions today welcomed confirmation by the Government of increases in the national minimum wage, which will see the adult rate rise to £5.93 an hour in October.
Hundreds of thousands of savers who opened best-buy accounts over the past two years are now earning well below the current top-paying rates, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation shows.
Interest rates have been kept on hold today as policymakers maintain their "wait-and-see" approach ahead of government plans to tackle the UK's deficit.
Cheap balance transfer credit cards are back in vogue but millions still don't know how to use one properly which has cost them hundreds of pounds a year.
MBNA will end a long-standing credit card stealth charge in the autumn that penalises those who spend on a plastic after making a cheap balance transfer.
1 June 2010
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