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A major new initiative headed by MoneySavingExpert.com's Martin Lewis launches today to help future students and their parents tackle the myths and misunderstandings – good or bad – about the true cost of their university education under the new 2012 system.

Chancellor George Osborne is today expected to give approval to plans to force banks to erect a protective firewall between their retail and investment arms, in a bid to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis of 2008.

Unemployment has fallen by 88,000, while the number of people in work has increased by a similar number, new figures show today.

Debt management firms will have to provide consumers with clearer information on services and fees, under new guidance published today by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Lloyds Banking Group has said "sorry" for flogging worthless payment protection insurance (PPI) policies and promised a catalogue of measures to provide compensation for victims, in yet another sign of capitulation by banks.

An MP leading the charge to cap the cost of payday loans and other short-term lending says she will press for legislation in upcoming talks with the Treasury.

Hundreds of thousands of graduates who started university before 1998 face hikes in their student loan repayments this autumn.

Firms that charge fees for finding hard-up consumers a loan will have their activities curbed, after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found some pocket cash without carrying out the service.

The rates charged on small loans have reached their highest level for more than a decade despite interest rates being at a record low, figures show.