Reclaim

Citizens Advice has received a cash boost after a claims handling company which cold-called households under the name "Money Claiming Experts" agreed to pay damages following a High Court ruling that it infringed the MoneySavingExpert.com trade mark.

A record number of disputes regarding the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) will need to be resolved over the next year, as banks and insurers have subjected customers to "delays and inconvenience", a finance watchdog warned today.

Redress paid to victims of payment protection insurance mis-selling has hit £1 billion in 2011, new figures show.

Lloyds TSB has still failed to clear a massive backlog of unpaid PPI compensation, leading to more anger from mis-selling victims.

Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by the planned 5.2%, in line with September's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure.

The Government could be about to renege on plans to increase some state benefit payments in line with September's inflation rate.

Millions of victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling will have to pay tax on their payout, the Government has confirmed.

More banks have admitted they are failing to hit the 28-day deadline between agreeing a payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation figure and paying it.

Lloyds TSB customers due a payment for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) have vented their fury at huge compensation delays, though they may be entitled to extra cash as a result.