Almost 12,000 taxpayers have been wrongly threatened with a penalty for not submitting a self-assessment return by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), despite telling the department they weren't self-employed.
Representatives from all the major financial service providers and regulators have today pledged action to help make reclaiming payment protection insurance (PPI) for free a lot easier.
MoneySavingExpert.com and lobby group Which? have joined forces to increase awareness of how easy it is for consumers to reclaim mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) for free.
Compensation paid to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling is likely to have passed the £3 billion mark since the start of last year, official figures indicate.
There was a 20% rise in complaints to financial firms in the second half of last year largely driven by a huge spike in payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation claims, official figures reveal.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has moved to tackle the huge delays for consumers who reclaim mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) caused by the flood of cases it has to deal with.
26 March 2012
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