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House prices jumped by 0.5% month-on-month in January, Nationwide said today.

Households are spending millions of pounds on television channels they never watch, according to a new survey.

Bailiffs will be regulated under new laws to "clean up" the industry and protect vulnerable debtors, the Government announced today.

Gaming giant Sony has been fined £250,000 by the data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of PlayStation users.

Inflation rose to 3.1% last month, largely due to rising energy bills, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) announced today.

Major pension providers have pledged to disclose charges and costs more clearly and consistently to people in workplace pension schemes.

Older people have seen their energy bills more than double since 2005, research from over-50s specialist Saga has found.

The retail prices index (RPI), a key measure of inflation linked to retirement income and a raft of other investments and services, should remain unchanged, the UK's top statistician said today.

This year's retirees face living off the lowest average incomes in six years.

The Government will announce plans to give extra help to families struggling to meet childcare costs.

House prices rose by an average 1.3% in December but are unlikely to change much this year, mortgage lender Halifax says.

Energy deals promising savings and free energy often leave consumers out of pocket, despite what their ads claim, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found.

Consumers are losing £450 million a year because the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) does not have the resources or powers to offer enough protection from unscrupulous credit firms, the public spending watchdog has found.

Inflation fell by 0.2 percentage points in November as transport costs and mortgage interest payments went down, the Office of National Statistics says.

Energy bills will rise by an average £12 a year over the next eight years to pay for upgrading infrastructure, the energy regulator says.