Health

Bank staff are adding to the distress of people registering power of attorney by misunderstanding what rights are involved, making administrative blunders or losing important documents, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Customers of Stonebridge International Insurance may be entitled to redress after the firm has been fined £8.4 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its underhand selling tactics and the way it handled customer requests to cancel their policies.

If you lived in Wales between April 2003 and August 2013, and paid for care under the NHS or privately, you could reclaim £10,000s in fees. But hurry, as you must start the reclaiming process before Thursday.

Nearly a million gym members will have improved rights to cancel their contracts, after three major firms were forcefully persuaded to clean up their act by the regulator.

Hundreds of thousands of hidden carers are missing out on benefits worth thousands of pounds a year.

Consumers may be overpaying for dental care because some dentists with both NHS and private arms push patients down the more expensive private route.

Every taxpayer is to receive a personal statement spelling out what the Government is spending their tax on.

UK travellers could head to Europe this summer without full cover as six million European Health Insurance cards (EHICs) are due to expire in the first half of 2011 alone.

Hayfever sufferers can save serious cash by buying tablets online, but there's no safety guarantee from unregulated firms.

Prescription charges will be scrapped in Scotland next month, but they are set to rise in England.