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A growing number of people in Britain are struggling to remember their passwords, a new report shows.

A company which sent text messages about payment protection insurance (PPI) reclaiming and compensation for accidents has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

More than 800,000 jobseekers will get free bus travel in January to help them find jobs.

Christmas shoppers are spending less this year as consumers are tightening their belts, research shows.

House prices are likely to remain flat throughout next year as first-time buyers continue to struggle to get on the property ladder, says Halifax.

About four million people in the UK are considering taking out a payday loan as they come under pressure from Christmas costs, research suggests.

Nearly two-thirds of landlords are planning a rent freeze in 2013, showing signs that rents are reaching their limits of affordability, a study said today.

The Government should introduce a personal savings scheme to fund people's care in later life, Saga says.

House prices were flat month-on-month in November and are likely to stay that way or edge slightly lower over the next year, Nationwide says today.

Government support for families struggling in fuel poverty is being cut by more than a quarter, according to a new report.

The squeeze on families' spending power was just as strong last month as it was a year earlier, a report found today.

A clampdown on the lettings sector is needed to stop rogue agents turning it into "the property industry's Wild West", the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) warns today.

Banks are being urged to slash the length of their small print after a consumer group found terms and conditions can take an hour-and-a-half to read.

House sellers dropped their asking prices by 2.6% this month, property website Rightmove says today.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), whose customers were hit with bill hikes of 9% last month, says its half-year profits have jumped 38% to nearly £400 million.

UK inflation leapt to 3.2% last month, largely due to rising university fees, food costs and mortgage rates.