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Customers of five unnamed debt management firms may be due redress after a review of the market revealed a string of problems, including an "unacceptably low" standard of advice given by fee-charging debt management firms.

What would you tweak about the UK? Your first instinct may be 'a flat rate of income tax', 'independence for Cornwall', or 'free university education for all'. Yet I'm not talking about big contentious change – this is about quick fixes for life glitches.

Nearly two years after admitting it had breached the Consumer Credit Act, the Co-operative Bank still has not refunded all the affected customers.

The UK banking regulator has fined Lloyds Banking Group a record £117 million for its failings and 'unacceptable' conduct in handling claims over payment protection insurance (PPI).

Consumers who bought payment protection insurance (PPI) on loans and credit cards may have a new avenue for demanding compensation following a Supreme Court ruling.

Martin Lewis, founder and editor of MoneySavingExpert.com, has joined a 'challenger panel' in a bid to make radical improvements to the Money Advice Service (MAS), after an independent review criticised the way it is run.

Northern Rock mortgage customers with unsecured loans of between £25,000 and £30,000 may get redress for historical paperwork blunders if the decision of an appeal heard last month goes their way.

Payday lender Wonga is launching a new advertising campaign featuring 'hard-working dinner ladies and mums' after ditching its controversial puppet ads.