A loophole in loan agreements which would have allowed a Cheshire couple to write off their £40,000 debt has been closed by judges at the Court of Appeal.
Taxpayers were hit for at least another £28.7 billion today as two state-backed lenders unveiled break-up plans on a seismic day for the UK banking sector.
A mammoth 175,000 students are still waiting to receive loans and grants even though their courses have already started, an investigation revealed today.
The major credit card providers say they will show mercy to borrowers who make late payments because the postal strike has delayed their bill's arrival.
28 September 2009
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