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Lower electricity and gas bills helped drag the overall rate of inflation down last month, official figures showed today.

Nearly a quarter of above-average income earners in their 40s and 50s have been forced to switch to buying value or own-label brands to make ends meet, a study suggested today.

Daily deals giant Groupon is to improve its practices following action from the Office of Fair Trading, it has been announced today.

Shoppers with gift cards and reward points for gaming retailers Game and Gamestation should consider using them as soon as possible, after their owner admitted it is in financial trouble.

About 500 consumers who sold old CDs, DVDs and computer games to gadget buying firm TurnIntoCash.com have been told they should get their missing money in the next few weeks.

MPs have backed increases in the price of stamps despite expressing concerns about the impact on vulnerable consumers and small firms.

Fans who thought they were buying concert and sporting tickets from other fans via exchange website Viagogo may have paid over the odds, it's been claimed, after allegations the site is allocated thousands of tickets by promoters, which are then sold above face value.

Plans for a new payment system allowing people to use their mobile phone as a "digital wallet" were outlined today.